Yvonne Christie

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This paper examines professional psychological journal articles that provide accurate and applicable defining characteristic for individuals that have been diagnosed as Severely Persistently Mentally Ill (SPMI).  Description and identification of various disorders that are within the parameters of SPMI, are explored.  This paper conducts an assessment of community service and strategies that are in place or will be in place to offer support and assistance to this special population.  An additional consideration will be the examination of current psychologist participation within this population.
Key words: serious and persistent mental illness, chronically mentally ill (CMI), community involvement, mental health services.

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This paper is a case study on a client who has been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from the Vietnam War.  A narrative case description is included, which supports the clinical diagnosis and as well as an empirical treatment plan.  The treatment plan has included the necessary identifying information with appropriate changes to shield the client’s real identity.  The client was referred from the Veteran’s Administrative (VA) hospital in La Jolla, California.  As part of the treatment plan the presenting problems will be identified and correlated to the criteria set forth in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition text revision (DSM-IV-TR) multi-axial diagnosis.  This case study is based upon a holistic foundation, which includes the inter-connectedness of: the presenting problems, long-term goals, objectives, methods or interventions, treatment length, and measurement of potential outcomes.  This paper concludes with a self-critique by the therapist regarding every aspect of the presented case study.
Key Words: PTSD, Treatment Plan for Vietnam Vets, Holistic Foundation. Post-Traumatic Stress.

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This paper is an analysis of a case study that involves the utilization of systems theory treatment in family therapy.  A family assessment will be conducted using a multicontextual framework which takes into account family lifecycle, family of origin, and sociocultural factors.  Bowen's therapeutic model for families is also applied as a diagnostic tool and for a suggested treatment method.  This paper will include appropriate and meaningful interventions and workable solutions for conflict resolution including a flexible treatment plan.  This paper reflects on the goals of the therapist and the strategies utilized to help the current family crisis.  A final goal of this paper is to offer hope and tools to aid in the restructuring of future family dynamics to become healthy and balanced.

This paper examines and reviews the article, “Personality Differences on the Rorschach of Dissociative Identity Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Psychotic Inpatients” (Brand, Armstrong, Loewenstein & McNary, 2009). Reviewing this article revealed a study conducted by the authors that used the Rorschach Comprehensive System (RCS), with the hypothesis of theoretically and clinically being able to discriminate personality traits of clients diagnosed with DID, versus those diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), and Psychotic Disorders (PSD). Their study also hypothesized the determination of variables such as reflecting capacity for working alliance, complexity of experience, and the ability to reason despite traumatic flooding. This author explores this specific empirical study in regards to how and why it was performed, as well as the efficacy of their chosen methods or procedures. This paper explains the relevancy of their findings, the strengths and weakness that were viewed during the course of analyzing this article. In closing, this author expounds on the importance and value of this type of empirical study and article to the field of psychology in general, as well as to this author’s training and education, and finally its marketability to the consumer.
Key Terms: Borderline Personality Disorder; Dissociative Identity Disorder; Psychotic

Disorder, Rorschach Test.

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This paper will examine The Homeless Task Force Team as an example of using the gestalt approach (Bentley& Boorman, 2000) for team effectiveness. This paper will outline the formation of the team, their commitment to the project, the establishment of project goals and how they formed a cohesive team that was successful in completing their project.

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This paper is a literature review of present-day instruments and evaluations that are used to diagnose dissociative identity disorder (DID).  The paper examines current literature that evaluate different tests and evaluations for DID.  Each article review contains the name of the test, what it is used for, a description of the test, the test’s validity and reliability, determination if the test is adequate for DID, ethical considerations in the research, and what the reviewers said, positive and negative about the test.  The paper concludes with a synthesis of current scientific knowledge and informed clinical procedures from the measurements presented and provides recommendations for future research.

Culture, like people and organizations have many facets, some can be seen, others cannot.There is a sense of culture that mandates how things are done and this affects behavior without individuals even being aware of why they do or feel the way they do. Changing culture can be difficult when most of the time it is not visible, but it is there nonetheless. Churches in general tend to have strong cultural belief systems ingrained into them (Sterland, Powell, & Pippet, 2009). Within the church setting there can exist conflicting cultural beliefs. SCCC faced this barrier to the change imitative that did not really surface until the change process had begun.