Race/Ethnicity: African-Canad Case Study

The diagnosis of Major depressive disorder and Borderline personality disorder (BPD) are entirely accurate, as Diana’s behaviour epitomizes the characteristics and diagnostic features of both disorders. As outlined in the DSM-5, Diana exemplifies symptoms warranting a diagnosis of major depressive disorder, as she displays the presence of five or more specified symptoms while having no prior history of mania. Diana exhibits the diagnostically required symptoms of frequent depressed mood, diminished interest in normal activities, and recurring suicidal thoughts/attempts, resulting in considerable distress and impairment. (APA, 2013, p. 160-161). In addition to fitting the diagnostic criteria, Diana demonstrates marked deficits in areas of functioning. Most strikingly Diana typifies emotional symptoms common in unipolar depression including prolonged and severe unhappiness, crying spells, and a general sense of hopelessness. Diana also displays

She disclosed that one of the hardest times in her life was when she was in high school. She had no friends, no self-esteem, no mother or father who loved her, and no reason to live. Soon after, she became homeless and became involved in minor/major criminal activities. Some of these minor/major criminal activities included; drug dealing, prostitution, and shop lifting. She indicated that she has been diagnosed with Bipolar II Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Depression, and anxiety. She eluded to currently being in an abusive relationship (R. Gonzalez, personal communication, July 23, 2014).

Although she hasn’t ever considered suicide, Jessica has found herself increasingly dissatisfied with her life. She’s been having frequent thoughts of wishing she was dead. She gets frustrated with herself because she feels like she has every reason to be happy, but can’t seem to shake the sense of failure that has been haunting her.

The client is currently on step 8 of MRT. The client has taken MRT seriously and had sought assistance from his counselor and group members. The client expressed that his biggest failure was "being in jail". The client has expressed that his criminal thinking and behaviors revolves around getting and using drugs. The client discussed goals of remaining sober, receiving aftercare, and maintaining a good relationship with probation. The client discussed and developed an awareness that he needs to no longer associate with old friends. The client expressed a need to explore and change his criminal thinking and negative behaviors. The client has developed insight into his criminal thinking and has developed more prosocial thinking patterns. The client will continue to work on building empathy, identifying and avoiding criminal triggers, and changing those distorted thinking patterns and replacing them with rational thinking patterns.

For long there has been a notion that the minority groups are usually poor and have a low living standard as well as contribute less to the economy of the USA. However, there is a group that is fast growing and is surmounting odds in overturning this notion. They are striving hard to attain the highest possible academic and economic levels in order to match the majority white population. Indeed they are surpassing a significant number of the white population; the Asian Americans.

In October, I attended an event entitled “Lessons from a Prison Psychologist”, hosted by the Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology. Dan Cameron, who was the speaker for this event, worked for the state of Michigan as a psychologist. Initially, he worked at a mental hospital that was closed in 2003 due to state funding cuts. He was then transferred to a men’s correctional facility located in Ypsilanti, where he worked as a counselor for the remainder of his career. After giving some background information on his career and comparing his duties at the hospital versus the correctional facility, Cameron invited questions from the audience.

There is no way to address what we’ve covered in this class without first addressing what the concepts of race and ethnicity mean. This is a definition that is constructed differently in every text that we’ve read, and it’s possible that every student in the class had differing definitions of race at the beginning of the semester. Personally I think that we’ve agreed on certain aspects of that definition as the class progressed and we’ve read different texts, but obviously the construction of race holds a different meaning for everyone. In the beginning of the semester, when asked to define the difference between race and ethnicity, I stated that race was a collection of physical features that are grouped together, while ethnicity also takes

According to the overview notes, race and ethnicity are different terms often used interchangeably. Ethnicity describes a group with a common culture, language, and physical characteristics. Race refers to a social construct based on culture and it is not biological according to Module 2 powerpoint. In addition, humans share 99.9% similarity and the differences lie in “cultural creations” according to the overview notes. Both terms are used in everyday life. For example, people are required to identify themselves according to their race or ethnicity, with the terms being used interchangeably like the DMV. It is important to understand that the two terms are different. Ethnicity can be learned according to the overview notes. Babies can learn

“I didn’t know what being black meant, but I was getting the idea that it was a big deal.”

Race refers to the categorization of people based on physical characteristics passed down from previous generations. (Genetic ancestry.) Conversely, ethnicity refers to the shared cultural or historical identification of a group of people based on their ancestry. Prior to reading this chapter, I held the common belief that race and ethnicity were interchangeable: they meant the same thing. Besides the most obvious thing (learning the difference between race and ethnicity), I was aware of most of the information in this chapter. After reading it however, I was able to gain a more in-depth understanding of each individual

In many perspectives, racial identities mean the differences in appearances of individuals especially with regards to the color of skin. Racial identities are mostly determined genetically or biologically. This includes traits like hair, bone structure color of the eyes etc. In recent times the biological determination of race has been disputed by social scientists who also propounds that races have more fluid social contexts.

Race and ethnicity have always been two words with great importance to people, but these terms and the topics they represent have been talked about by mass media much more frequently as of late due to the election. Personally, I am a white female who grew up in a predominately white area and went to elementary and middle school where there was not one person of color in my graduating class of about 80. In high school, I was exposed to more diversity but significantly and the percentage of whites in my graduating class was likely near ninety. Even with such little diversity growing up, I believe I was raised in a way to see human beings as human beings, and not for the color of their skin, where they are from, or what culture one may

Of course, initial gravitations to use controlled substances may be a personal decision, which in time becomes more of a compulsion. However, as successful recovery from an addiction will soon afford an individual to regain control mentally and physically, it is highly probable that consent to indulge will diminish. As such, the psychotherapeutic approach to working with Katrina would include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with empathetic, encouraging support for self-actualizing personal abilities to transform addictive behaviors and dependencies. Motivational interviewing (MI) is beneficial to helping Katrina stay motivated to not only diligently strive for reaching the rehabiliatated point or position of recovery, but it could also encourage her to help others in his or her road to recovery as well (Van Wormer & Davis, 2013; Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 2017; National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2016).

Identify and discuss the major issues, themes, needs, and challenges faced by multiracial individuals as presented in the readings of this unit and the Carter Case Study you viewed, and relative to what you learned about racial identity development models.

Treatment would consist of identifying the reoccurrences of negative behavior in Ms. Monroe’s personal and family history to identify both the problem and adaptive methods of coping. Once the issue is identified, we would then need to assess the