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    Scarlet Ibis Analysis

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    Ibis should be diagnosed with Social Anxiety because he has many character traits pointing towards that disorder. The narrator seems to be anxious about going outside with his younger brother Doodle because he has an abnormal physical disorder. He thinks that if he is seen with a brother who has the disability he does, he will be judged and viewed differently even though it is not his issue. The narrator's actions and thoughts point towards symptoms of Social Anxiety, which will be explained below

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    to find everything you want to know. On the social media, like Facebook, people can connect with others whether other people are in a different country or other people are their neighbors. Some people might say the high-tech equipment could bring people closer together. Social media has helped people in connecting with others who are miles away; however, the high-tech is having many adverse effects on humans. The high-tech is making people less social because high-tech made people feeling alone in

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    Psychodynamic Theorists

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    disorder in which individuals who exhibit normal language skills with no delays in daily home situations are unwilling or unable to speak when confronted with novel situations or people. This disorder, when presented in classrooms, can affect both the social and the academic progress of the student. When considering students who exhibit symptoms of selective mutism,

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    psychopathologies increase significantly among adolescents ages 10–16. Extensive research that shows that anxiety levels and disrupted social skills can be particularly high among adolescents with learning disabilities (LD). However, the origin of anxiety as it relates to LD has yet to be determined, making it hard to treat. On the one hand, there exists the “deficit in study skills” model in which anxiety is a result of low self-assurance and feeling unprepared due to deficient knowledge. On the other

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    Social media has been a great tool that can be used for business and communicating with family across the world, but, the youth in America that have grown up with it in their hands seem to be having mental issues that could be more serious as they get older. Being raised in a generation where social media is so prevalent has shown to have negative affects when it comes to communicating to other individuals in their age group. Insecurities become more relevant because of lack of real life human interaction

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    Diagnosable Anxiety

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    ) Normal anxiety can almost be viewed as a warning signal. Once the signal is activated, the person is able to deal with whatever may be threatening or harming them. In order to note whether or not the anxiety is ‘normal’ or diagnosable, a social worker should like at the physical resources of the clients, cognitive response and distortions, and their coping strategies. If any of the client’s responses to these questions seem to be exaggerated, it is likely that it is diagnosable anxiety. In addition

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    MBCT And Depression

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    “waiting list” group. Their findings concluded a systematic reduction in anxiety and negative thoughts as measured by four different scales. These results were consistent over five points, which were pre-test, mid and final sessions, and in both one and six-month follow-up points. Kaviani et al. believed that the results of their study proved that even the non-clinical population could benefit from MBCT to reduce depression and anxiety produced from isolated stressful incidents (2011). Kaviani et al. (2011)

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    Leonie's Substance Abuse

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    mother all alone, studying in girl’s school and the forbiddance of young love in Chinese culture. All these factors further isolated her from making appropriate contact with the opposite sex in her puberty. In fact, these social institutions, such as family, education, economics, social

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    Anxiety has a large spectrum of disorders that can effect different stages of life. A specific disorder within this scope that is relevant to early childhood is selective mutism (SM). Selective mutism is defined as, “a consistent failure to speak in social situations in which there is an expectation for speaking (e.g. at school) despite speaking in other situations” (American Psychiatric Association [DSM-IV-TR], 2000). This leads to a variety of criteria in order to be diagnosed for this disorder

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    Anxiety is a common mental health concern affecting children, and children with ASD are at a higher risk for anxiety and concurring mental health concerns (Reaven, Blakeley-Smith, Leuthe, Moody, & Hepburn, 2012; White, Ollendick, Scahill, Oswald, & Albano, 2009; Wood et al., 2015). Studies suggest that anxiety disorders occur in 2.2-2.7% of the general population of children, while reports suggest that children with ASD are reported to have anxiety issues as much as two times higher (Reaven et al

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