Assessing and Diagnosing Patients With Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, and OCD

“Fear,” according to the DSM-5-TR, “is the emotional response to real or perceived imminent threat, whereas anxiety is anticipation of future threat” (APA, 2022). All anxiety disorders contain some degree of fear or anxiety symptoms (often in combination with avoidant behaviors), although their causes and severity differ. Trauma-related disorders may also, but not necessarily, contain … Read more

When diagnosing vocal deficits, you may hear a strained, stressed voice pattern. The air may be constrained as the client attempts to speak. Are the clie

When diagnosing vocal deficits, you may hear a strained, stressed voice pattern. The air may be constrained as the client attempts to speak. Are the client’s shoulders drawn upward? Do they express fatigue when attempting to speak with in this manner? The purpose of this is for you to gain an understanding of vocal hyperfunction. … Read more

Assessing and Diagnosing Patients With Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

Use the template. Please also use the case history reports (attached) for the history of the patient(also wrote it in instruction). below is the link to 1 out of the videos ( I recorded training title 82 just in case you can’t access the 3 videos in the learning resources Video linkhttps://www.mediafire.com/file/16q9yo1lcvlz81v/Training+title+82.MOV/file Training Title 82Name: … Read more

Assessing and Diagnosing Patients With Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, and OCD

Assessing and Diagnosing Patients With Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, and OCD“Fear,” according to the DSM-5-TR, “is the emotional response to real or perceived imminent threat, whereas anxiety is anticipation of future threat” (APA, 2022). All anxiety disorders contain some degree of fear or anxiety symptoms (often in combination with avoidant behaviors), although their causes and severity … Read more

ASSESSING AND DIAGNOSING PATIENTS WITH MOOD DISORDERS

Accurately diagnosing depressive disorders can be challenging given their periodic and, at times, cyclic nature. Some of these disorders occur in response to stressors and, depending on the cultural history of the client, may affect their decision to seek treatment. Bipolar disorders can also be difficult to properly diagnose. While clients with a bipolar or … Read more