The Mental Illness Of Jake 's Disability

She presented with anxiety, academic concern, and depressed mood. She reported that she has a habit of avoiding things that increases anxiety. She noted that her strategy in avoiding anxiety provoking situations also makes her feel stuck. She reported that she can be self-critical that it is difficult for her to motivate herself. She reported that she has been missing her classes in an attempt to avoid a stressful situation.

In the text “Relaxing Your Fears away,” the author presents how Joseph Wolpe, a behavior therapist, used a behavioral technique called systematic desensitization to treat anxiety disorders. Systematic desensitization is a technique that is supposed to lower a person’s level of anxiety steadily. The reason he used this technique was to see if this technique actually worked using his prior ideas that two feelings or responses cannot occur at the same time. Wolpe focused on the phobias his patients had and proposed that when his patients were in a relaxed state, then they would not respond with fear when presented with something that gave them anxiety.

Behavioural model understands mental dysfunction. Its understood that most behavioural happenings are picked up on by watching others. Therapy aims to reverse this, it is best used on phobias

The purpose of this essay is to explain the definitions of mental health, mental illness and psychiatric disability, using bipolar disorder as an example to illustrate these points. Bipolar disorder will also be used to explain the concepts of the medical and social models of disability, highlight the influence these two models could have on people with the disorder and the experiences they might encounter. There will be a focus on some of the experiences a person suffering from mental illness might have in society, the effect these experiences can have on an individual and the influence of stigmas and stereotypes. This leads to the final discussion point, the action of self-disablement. This section discusses how a person with a mental health issue can be influenced by labels, stigmas and stereotypes, and how this can stop them from seeking help and achieving their goals.

I think that the best way to approach Jake’s anxiety would be to look at these three different approaches equally and determine what would be the best course of action for Jake as he continues his school career. With looking at it in with a behavioral approach I think that the counselor could talk with Jake and help determine what the issue is about taking the more difficult classes, and for example if it would be the fact that he would have more work and more studying, or if it has something to do with his surroundings like not having as much free time that he had previously. The humanistic approach would allow the counselor to approach Jake in more of a down to earth way and be able to let him know that he is not alone and it is completely

Let’s start with the behavioral approach; when looking at Jake’s situation, a behaviorist would probably focus on the stimulus’ that are contributing to Jake’s anxiety and how he’s reacting to them. More difficult classes would make it so that Jake had to devote more time into his studies. So if Jake is used to not having to work as hard, his reaction to the stimulus of more work would probably be to put in the amount of work he’s used to putting in, and not putting in the more work required for him to do well in his class. When Jake’s grades are not where he wants them to be, his reaction would be to become discouraged which might make him feel like his efforts he is putting in is going unrewarded, leading to him being reluctant to put in more effort since it doesn’t seem to be

Immediately after graduating high school, Jason will attend Old Dominion University, where he will get his bachelor’s degree in education. Jason is very excited about graduating college and attending Old Dominion University. Mr. Reynolds is worried about Jason disclosing his disability to professors when it’s time for him to start classes at Old Dominion University. Therefore, Mr. Reynolds is going to set up some training programs for Jason, so that he can become more comfortable with engaging in conversation about his disability. This will allow Jason to receive the modifications and accommodations that is necessary for him to succeed in college.

Learning can be affected by many things that occur throughout a student’s education career. Therefore, has anyone ever thought of how a student’s mental well-being could affect their learning process? The fact is, approximately 4-6% of youth nationwide will be diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) upon meeting the specific criteria due to experiencing a traumatic event that includes symptoms such as reduced concentration and disturbing thoughts, which may rigorously interfere with school performance (Kataoka, Langley, Wong, Baweja & Stein, 2012). While these percentages may seem small, it is still extremely important that students and instructors alike are made aware of PTSD, its symptoms and effective treatments in order to provide support for one another.

Like anything else Behavior Therapy does have its strengths and weakness. One of it strength is the ownership the client is given, at the onset of therapy goals are established and clients are encourage to be active in the therapeutic process, by developing a plan of action. This allows the clients to have a vested interest in deciding with the goals of their therapy will be. (Corey, 2013, p. 278). Behavioral therapy is also one of the few therapies that place an emphasis on research, this has made the behavior therapy method one of the most effective in the treatment of a number of behavioral illness. Because research is consider to be a basic aspect of this approach and therapeutic techniques are continually refined (Corey, 2013, p. 277) cognitive behavioral procedures are currently the best treatment strategies available for depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, social phobia and eating disorders (Corey, 2013, pp. 278-279).

Children tend to be more high strung than the average patient in a psychiatric ward was back in 1950, and a school psychologist must take this into account when working with students. In fact, this trend expands to the entire population. It is estimated that half of the human population is suffering from substance abuse, depression or anxiety. What many fail to realize is that anxiety disorders do more than affect a person's mental health. A panic disorder, for example, could lead to a variety of medical conditions, including hypertension, diabetes or thyroid disease.

Behavioral psychologists would recommend that Jake change his environment and surround himself with people that are also looking to be successful in the class he is in. For example, getting together with fellow classmates to create a study group or inquiring about tutors. Humanistic psychologists would try to use empathy to help Jake realize that if he sets his mind to something he is able to accomplish it as long as he believes in himself. Last but not least, a cognitive psychologist would try to evaluate Jakes thoughts that make an impact on his emotions and help him think positively. In the end all of these approaches will be successful in helping Jake with his

TYPE OF PROGRAM: This intervention program is a treatment intervention. With anxiety disorder, it is better to have treated the disorder rather than prevent it. Through treatment and intervention, the child with anxiety disorder will be able to overcome future struggles and stress. Even though prevention program is designed to prevent anxiety disorder to occur, anxiety disorder has several factors and causes, which makes it extremely difficult to cover all the vulnerabilities of anxiety disorder. Biological, psychological, and social factors strengthen anxiety’s vulnerabilities. Biological factors comprise of one’s body adaptive reaction and response, genetic predisposition, existing mental disorder, personality types. Psychological

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a two part disorder where the individual experiences both obsessions and compulsions. The first component relates very closely to everyday thoughts that seem to be countless and never ending. When an individual experiences the same thought over and over again all day long these are known as obsessions, because the individual cannot control the thought or keep it from occurring. The second component in OCD is based off of the individual’s actual action. The actions directly related to the obsessions are called compulsions. These are actions that cannot be controlled and seem to occur over and over again throughout ones day. Now that we know the basics about OCD we can further explore Jakes story and how his OCD

Behavior therapies use several different conditioning techniques. These include classical condition techniques such as exposure therapies and aversive conditioning. Operant conditioning techniques such as behavior modification and token economy are also sometimes used. If Mary were to undergo behavior therapy, it is likely that the therapist would use exposure therapy, specifically systematic desensitization. Systematic desensitization, according to Myers and Dewall (2014) is “a type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant, relaxes state with gradually increasing, anxiety-triggering stimuli.

Relational Goal #1. “I want to go to school, but after I miss a couple of days of class it becomes difficult to complete makeup work so I just avoid going back to school.” Elevate mood and show evidence of usual energy levels, increase levels of activities and increase a renewed typical interest in academic achievement. Client