Examples Of Observation In Psychology

If the brain does not have anything to occupy itself then a man or woman will go into a state of depression. Being isolated from the outside world for so long caused her brain to start hallucinating. Also, the author of the book “The Yellow Wallpaper” Charlotte Perkins Gilman stated “ I wrote the yellow wallpaper with its embellishments and additions to carry out the ideal…and sent a copy to the physician who so nearly drove me mad... it has to my knowledge saved one woman from a similar fate-so terrifying her family that they let her out into normal activity and she recovered.” A woman who had had the rest cure along with the narrator and the author has either driven them insane or to the borderline of insanity.

Short Story Analysis “Revelation,” by Flannery O’Connor is a short story about a woman named Mrs. Turpin. She accompanies her husband to the doctor’s office for an injured leg where they must sit in the waiting room. While waiting Mrs. Turpin has a conversation with a few ladies. Throughout the conversation she is mentally judging each person by their outward appearance while ironically thinking highly of herself. A young lady, Mary Grace, is obviously annoyed by Mrs. Turpin.

She arrives 30 minutes ahead of schedule, which is a good sign, showing that she is eager to be alleviated of her depression and anxiety. Crying and shaking of her hands while filling out the intake paperwork tells the therapist that she is suffering, probably with depression and anxiety. Her halting speech show a lack in confidence in herself to turn things around; hence hoping for the therapist to work

Her doctors try to help her in many ways. She experiences several types of treatments from electric shock therapy to insulin injections. Esther’s bad behavior causes her to change hospitals several times. Finally, she is admitted a new hospital, likes her new doctor, and finally stops obsessing about suicide.

Joan Didion discusses in her piece, “In Bed,” about her life as a migraine sufferer. She has dealt with this debilitating condition since she was eight-years-old. One of the important things she mentions is, “… Migraine headaches were, as everyone who did not have them knew, imaginary.” She admits that many assume migraine sufferers “bring it on themselves,” and that it is their fault. They are told to simply take a couple aspirin to alleviate the pain.

In many instances, people turn to us healthcare providers to understand why a family member passed away. The question I asked to them when a patient dies “Are you spiritual and if yes would you want to me to get a Chaplin”. Some of them are grateful and asked for me to pray with them, which seems to give them peace. I always try not to force my beliefs on them and I try to offer help in any way I can. Finally, video one really enlighten us on the importance of spirituality for nurses.

A young girl had her tonsils removed and became very sick afterwards, the cause was her lingual artery was cut during her tonsillectomy. She stated “My mom called the ENT office and the doctor on call (not the person who performed the surgery and not the person who suctioned out my throat) said that I had to go to the hospital so he could cauterize my throat. When my mom was on the phone, I passed out again. I truly believed that I was going to die. “ Later she explains that her way of staying hopeful, throughout her debacle, was to be optimistic from this quote ”Those words have stuck with me since the surgery.

As I turned to my side, I saw a wall of nurses ignoring their cries for help. So many of these innocent people were being treated with disrespect and neglect. Something that will be forever ingrained in my memory was observing an extremely nervous older woman who had just arrived at the home. She was not comfortable with her surroundings

From the earlier chapters, Maria keeps mentioning about the people who she does not want to be correspondence with anymore or be part of their life. She repulses Carter and the other people in her life that include BZ and Susannah, she says “You are all making me sick (190).” However, she still long for human connection, she makes conversation with a woman who owns a coffee shop. Later, the woman invites Maria to see her house. While Maria there, in the house, she cries and makes the woman asks whether she is pregnant.

I am a general practitioner in a government general hospital in Thailand. There was neither psychiatrist nor dermatologist in the hospital therefore cases which met the psychological or dermatological referral criteria would be referred to the specialists at a provincial hospital. Despite an increase knowledge and understanding about psychological conditions, the existence of conventional beliefs has influenced many Thai people to judge and treat patients with mental illness as insane. Consequently, many patients refused to see the psychiatrists due to a fear of being judged by others and a long waiting time, resulting in failure to improve their conditions and a decrease in quality of life.

Fights and arguments continued to plague the relationship between Sanchez and Buchholz and on July 20, she left him and descended into crisis. Emotional distress often exacerbates postpartum depression and Sanchez soon found herself in the emergency room at Metropolitan Methodist, asking for help. During this visit, Sanchez met with a counselor at the clinic that ushered her through her pregnancy. Upon speaking with the counselor, she stated that she had delusional, paranoid thoughts that other women were trying to breastfeed her baby and hearing voices which said that others would like to take her baby away. She also reported visual images of other children’s faces transposed on her baby’s face.

Likewise, when speaking about her own personal experiences with different mental illnesses, Lovato uses a softer tone to connect to the audience on an emotional level. Lovato’s personal anecdotes with her mental illnesses spoke to the audience about what she calls her “darkest times”. “During my darkest times, I didn’t know why I was alive and I definitely didn’t like myself. I had very low periods that were so emotionally draining that I couldn’t find the strength to crawl out of bed in the morning. I was withdrawn, disconnected, and very angry” (Lovato).

The last time I visited my friend, Lonnell I was praying on my way there and asking the Lord what I could say or do to encourage her. The thought entered my mind that I should sing to her. Now I can't say as I've ever done that before; gone to visit someone in the hospital and break out in song. However, I had a strong feeling about this the entire drive there so I thought maybe I should sing her favorite hymn since I knew she loved the old hymns.

Collaboration among health care professionals is defined as assuming complementary roles and cooperatively working together, sharing responsibility for problem solving and making decisions to formulate and carry out plans for patient care. (Fagin, 2008). In any field of health care where physicians and nurses interact with one another for the purpose of quality patient care, it is vital for them to work together as one and understand the needs of their patients as well as each other’s roles and responsibilities. In short, teamwork should prevail for excellent patient service. Therefore, being in full partnership as a nurse with the physician and other healthcare professional is another recommendation that is applied by the RWJ-IOM report.

Sunday night, as I watched the Giants fail miserably to cover the spread, I attempted to watch my wager fail in silent miserable fashion. That desire was interrupted around midway through the second quarter. As much as I just wanted to watch the game in peace I couldn't just ignore the GroupMe blowing up. "What are these idiots going on about?" I wondered to myself.