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The first reference I checked out was https://www.asianmhc.org/about/
Links to an external site.. This organization helps with the inclusion of mental health topics and mental well-being alongside social norms of the Asian culture and beliefs. It provides a very well-detailed explanation of their goals and the way they would like to achieve those goals as an organization. As you scroll through the page you have the immediate option to find an Asian therapist and even openings for therapists that choose to support and join the organization can do so. It also provides links and access to different social groups therefore people can get more in tune with socializing and talking with people that could be possibly experiencing similar issues in their personal life. It looks like a very well-organized and beneficial organization with real stories from participants and with an emphasis on their goals for their patients. They provide access to their services in the United States and in Canada.

The second reference was https://www.americansocietyhispanicpsychiatry.com/mission/
Links to an external site.. This organization focuses on normalizing and providing mental health resources to those in Hispanic and Latino communities in different countries. People can become a member for different prices and it is free for students which can be very beneficial to them to be a part of. They also mention their mission to be able to provide a space for psychologists to be able to collaborate and work with each other on different research that is in progress and have the same mission. They also provide a list of physicians throughout their supported areas in different regions which can be beneficial to people seeking treatment and don't know where to go.

The last reference I looked into was https://laopcenter.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA1sucBhDgARIsAFoytUu2AS-WmyeU-myOectxWtNkdvwjdYCYK52M_4Agd8TWEBfOC9I29RgaAoIPEALw_wcB
Links to an external site.. This resource is very beneficial to people diagnosed with mental health and eating disorders. Offers multiple ways to treat patients including individualized, multi-disciplined, and therapeutic treatments for their mental health and eating disorder patients. This organization offers treatments for all types of mental health disorders like depression, anxiety, psychosis, postpartum depression, and much more. They also range in treatments for eating disorders such as anorexia, orthorexia, laxative abuse, bulimia, and more. They reach out as you are viewing their page which I think is very welcoming and have a way to verify insurance online to see if patients qualify for coverage. This resource seems to be very beneficial for any struggling, who would prefer outpatient care. They also provide 24-hour assistance for anyone needing help outside or past normal outpatient care hours.

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The character I will be choosing to treat will be Eeyore. Discussing and reviewing his symptoms of major depression disorder, the three forms of treatment I would recommend testing would be cognitive-behavior therapy, humanistic therapy, and lastly biomedical therapy with anti-depressants. Cognitive-behavior therapy can be effective in treating his depression because of his thoughts of his closest friends not needing him, and feeling so empty at times even with friends. Helping him understand his thoughts are only his and that his friends appreciate and love his company can help him overcome that emptiness inside that he feels.  It would also be beneficial for him to explain more as to what triggers these feelings even if he is around people, without any motive except "Well that's just how I feel." can be used to help him understand that his friends truly want to be there for him and he can learn to open up more and talk about the way he is feeling and why. Humanistic therapy can be effective in the sense that he can learn to love, accept, and appreciate himself more. He constantly makes comments about his unimportance and really appreciates people acknowledging his existence, showing his very low self-esteem and self-image. His belief of his friend not needing him can also play into this since it plays into him not loving himself. Since he already doesn't like to speak about his past, this form of therapy can focus on his present and future self and fill his perspective with positive and motivating thoughts. I also believe it would be beneficial to him to have someone to fully accept him to be himself until he is ready to love himself. Lastly, I would recommend the use of anti-depressants. This would be the last form of therapy due to his old appearance and the side effect that can occur when taking them, however, I believe that can be effective in altering his mood and helping him feel some form of happiness. Anti-depressants have been effective in altering serotonin levels, which can cause him to feel that boost in happiness and give him that smile he has been longing for. The best form of therapy I believe would be humanistic therapy. As mentioned before, he doesn't really like to talk about his past, therefore it would be more important to focus on making the future more positive and happy for him. Actively listening to how he feels and why could help him understand as well where those thoughts and feelings as well.

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Case 1. Eeyore

1. I believe the main diagnosis would be major depressive disorder. This is because he is constantly showing signs of symptoms of this disorder and is continuously showing no motivation to be happy.

2. Some symptoms I see are his constant feelings and remarks of unimportance and feeling lonely even though he has his friends around him. Another symptom would be his loss of energy and movement, alongside his underweight and slender posture.

3. Not a personality disorder.

4. I believe there is comorbidity present with dissociative amnesia. It states it is hard for him to elaborate on his detachable tail, and it is known to cause him many problems. Therefore I believe he has trouble recalling the story about his tail due to how traumatic it must've been.

Case 2. Nina Sayers

1. I believe the main diagnosis for this case would be schizophrenia. This is because of the hallucinations that have to do with her skin and the idea that her coworkers are after her.

2. One of the symptoms, again, would be the hallucinations of seeing her skin fall apart or having feathers on her skin, and the audio hallucinations she claimed of having. Another would be the delusion of her coworker trying to take her spotlight and of another sleeping with the program director. She also displays symptoms of suicidal ideation with unexplained cuts on her skin.

3. Not a personality disorder.

4. I believe there could be a little bit of comorbidity alongside depression. This is because her mom is very obsessive over her life and making her decisions and not allowing her to have much of a social life. This is also evident with her being underweight and having cuts on her skin that could be a result of suicidal ideation.

Case 3. The Grinch

1. The diagnosis for this case would be antisocial personality disorder and depressed mood. This is accurate as it is mentioned in the case itself and the person is exhibiting all traits to go along it.

2. The symptoms I see going along with antisocial personality disorder would be the way he ran away from the town after so much negativity and stayed alone for so long. He chooses not to socialize as he only remembers the bad times and now has a mindset of making everyone else just as miserable as he is. He shows his depressive mood disorder by remaining unhappy and having no motivation to socialize or actually live life. He also had a tough upbringing with people making fun of him at school, therefore making him have such a negative image of the outside world.

3. The personality disorder described here would be in cluster b. This is because of the sense of not wanting to socialize due to past experiences.

4. The comorbidity present would be antisocial personality disorder and depressed mood. It is shown through being away from town and not having any form of relationship, causing him to be lonely.

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Case 1:

1. The main diagnosis for this cause would be in the autism spectrum. This is seen in her progress in social interaction, as well as in her repetition of what other people say.

2. One major symptom is the way she struggles to be in a social environment. People in the autism spectrum are more inclined to be alone and play by themselves as it is hard for them to engage in social interaction. Another symptom shown would be her overdependency as a 16-year-old to her mother, she is not able to independently support herself the way a normal 16-year-old could and constantly needs her mother to be there for her.

3. I believe there is comorbidity present as it mentions her feeling really anxious in groups and in social environments. The case study also mentions how she physically manifests her anxiety through a rocking motion. Another way it could be manifested could be the way her constant physical outbursts are explained in the case study.

Case 2:

1.  I believe the diagnosis for this case study would be ADHD. ADHD is shown through the case study with Bart's inability to focus on tasks he is not interested in, such as school, and his constant distraction from video games to television.

2. Some other symptoms of ADHD could be the mention of his interruptions in class. This shows how little interest he has in his academic role as a student and tried to distract himself and others even during lectures. It also mentions him missing family announcements and constantly daydreaming about television the night before. This shows his lack of being able to focus, causing him to fail in being present in what's happening around him.

3. I don't believe there is comorbidity present in this case. There are no other signs of any other disorder I see throughout this study.

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1. The use and purpose of a personality test would be to assist someone in finding out who they are within the basic factors of personality in psychology. With this, they are allowed to see what they can work on to be a better version of themselves or see why they behave in certain ways differently from others.

2. I believe these tests have a spectrum in the validity they offer. If someone is being truthful and is able to answer the questions completely honestly, regardless of what any would think, then it can definitely be a valid test to see their type of personality. If someone doesn't agree or is not being honest to get a specific personality trait listed then the test wouldn't be as valid and would just be about who that person thinks they are not who they truly are.

3. These tests wouldn't be reliable either as they may not give the same results every time. If a person is answering it about themselves, and then gives it to a couple of friends to answer about the same person, it is more likely that people will have different perspectives of the same person. So, being given the same test wouldn't necessarily get you the same results, making it nonreliable.

4. I found the accuracy for me to be interesting. I've had a lot of dark times to get to know myself and to really know who I am so taking a test like this wasn't too bad as I was nonchalantly being as honest as I can be. I liked the little phrases describing me because of the way I just nodded and said "Yeah, pretty much". It was very accurate to the person I've become and have learned to love personally.

5. So according to the test, my strengths would be open-mindedness and extraversion. This means I am very open to new experiences and curious about many things. Along with this, it describes me as very social and outgoing to meeting others. All would be accurate although I can personally say that my social spectrum does vary as I can get shy at times, however, for the most part, I can adapt and get comfortable in a new environment fairly quickly.

6. My weakness would be conscientiousness and I was kind of neutral in the agreeableness and negative emotionality parts. I do agree with this to the extent of being disorganized. Getting organized and setting different routines is something I am actively working on as I tend to procrastinate a lot of things, like having a car wash pending for over a month.

7. After talking and going over my results with a coworker I've grown close to in the past two years,  we can definitely agree with these results. It has been such a roller coaster becoming, and loving the person I am today, and to agree with a test that tells me my strengths and weaknesses is actually pretty awesome in my opinion. It did not cause any internal conflict or didn't make me question myself as I know the kind of person I am, and the person I am working to be.

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1. Masters and Johnson's research conceptualizes the sexual response in 4 different phases, excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution. After searching really quickly, there are different models for the human sexual response. One that caught my attention was the Kaplan model. This consisted of desire, arousal, and then orgasm. Kaplan had no mention of the stages after orgasm and believed there has to be some form of desire that is followed by arousal. This concept wasn't accurate as it was shown that many people do not show an initial desire for sexual activity until arousal has been initiated. Therefore showing that arousal comes before desire in most cases.

2. There are different extents as to how they both contribute towards sexual arousal. For instance, a person can be physically capable and in an environment to exploit that capability, yet psychologically can't due to damage in the brain used to help sexual motivation. In other ways, a person may experience difficulties engaging and performing sexual activities, yet have that sexual motivation lingering around in their head.

3. I believe it does account for other variations as the textbook generalizes the theory of sexual response as part of human activity, not just towards a specific gender or sexual orientation. I believe the textbook was formatted in mentioning the different sexual orientations after the sexual response to show that it can be applied to them as well. I think the only difference would be who they execute those sexual activities with.

4. I believe a limitation set for researching this theory would be the way there is no way to accurately measure the exact stages in the theory. This is because it would be different for everyone as people can act differently and exhibit other feelings/stages when behind closed doors, rather than participating in research or an experiment.

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1. So the scores I got for this project were very interesting. As I was reading the skills, I started being a lot more honest with myself seeing how close the scores were to each other. Them being so close to each other is definitely accurate only because since I was a kid, I’ve wanted to do and try everything and anything in my capability. As most adults though, most in my life at least, were very set on choosing one thing to focus on and making sure you were good at that to succeed. My scores from highest to lowest were: 21- Interpersonal, 20- Musical, 19- Body/Kinesthetic and Logical Mathematics, 18- Visual/spatial and Verbal Linguistics, 17- Interpersonal, 15- Naturalistic. I believe these are accurate more so for the higher scoring ones because I have a history of going to school for engineering, which can relate to logical mathematics, and I’ve also had a coaching job for an entire school year, and that falls under body/kinesthetics. In regards to music, the only thing I can say is music has helped me in ways that I can’t comprehend. Something about listening to stories through the thoughtful lyrics, feeling emotions through the taps of a beautiful piano ballad, or getting energized by the insane rhythms on a wicked electric track, regardless of the genre, if there is a story, I am all to give it a listen. As far as Interpersonal scoring the highest, I believe it only shows true my want, desire, and dedication to become a nurse and to be another person on the health frontlines to help others as best as I can.

2. I think it can go both ways on getting smarter or not while getting older. I am a strong believer in a good saying I used to hear from a coach very often and it goes, “If you don’t use it, you lose it.” He used to say this saying a lot coming summer vacation or any long break he couldn’t get practices scheduled. It was his motivation to continue training, practicing, and staying in shape so that way we weren’t struggling come season. I believe a simple saying like that can be used in everyday life and not just in a sport. I feel like this class has shown me how much I’ve missed school, and learning and actually using my brain to feel academically smart! Given this, people can keep themselves growing intellectually by not stopping their education and going as far as they can with their scope of practices, or trying new practices. An example would be someone in nursing having their bachelor's and then going after their master's or even doctorates years later. However, a common way I am familiar with people losing the ability to grow intellectually is dementia. Dementia tends to slow down and confuse individuals into not knowing the reality they are in, in most cases. I deal with dementia patients daily and although it can be stressful at times when they have fallen deep into their own reality, sometimes going into their reality really helps one understand to be grateful for simply knowing who we are, where we are, and the fact that we have the capability of knowing what we are doing. Dementia, unfortunately, has the power to take all of that away.

3. Socioeconomic status takes a huge role in how someone would perform on an intellectual abilities test. This is because of the simple fact that every society and every economy is different, period. Different in what they offer as intellectual material. Different in how they provide it, who gets to provide it, where it is provided, and why it is provided. Certain locations struggle and some even fail to provide intellectual material to every one of growing age, causing a lot of children to grow up without any schooling and just know what they are taught at home and being out in the world. Someone coming from a very wealthy and privileged location may very well do much better than someone coming from a location that didn’t offer any prior academic education.

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I have decided the behavior I will be choosing to change is the way I procrastinate going to the gym. I have been wanting to get back into it for about a week and actually signed up two days ago so this assignment came at a perfect time. Since I do work overnight and get off at 7 AM, I will be planning my day to go right after work, therefore conditioning myself to wake up and prepare for the gym ad my shift ends with an energy drink or some pre-workout. I was successfully able to go to the gym for 10 days straight and had a form of conditioning that pushed me to keep going. I made a deal with myself that if I went to the gym, I was able to eat out or make whatever I was craving. If I didn't go workout, I had to stick to protein shakes and healthy options for the remainder of the day and the following day until I worked out. The use of energy drinks really helped in keeping me awake towards the end of my shift causing me to feel more motivated to actually go work out and not just directly home to rest. The timing of the energy drink was all trial and error though. For example, on day 1, I went to work with very little sleep so I felt like I needed the energy drink two hours after the start of my shift, and after the gym, I was totally beat, ready to go home and just sleep. By day 4 I had gotten the hang of cracking open my energy drink around 5 AM so it peaks towards the end of my shift, and starts coming down after my workout. This caused me to make sure I rested before my shit so I wouldn't feel too tired or drowsy to go to the gym after my shift. Day 8 consisted of me working 16 hours prior to the gym and it was a hectic day. I felt so exhausted and my body felt sore and beat by this day since I have goals now that I've been committing to it. This day I had taken my energy drink at the same time as usual, except I think I was just overly exhausted that I kept yawning and moving slowly through my workout. However, on day 10 I did not even use an energy drink to go to the gym. Because day 8 was so hectic, I rested as much as I could, and by the last day of the experiment, I unknowingly forgot an energy drink, and when I realized it, I thought it could be the perfect time to test how I would be without one since it was day 10. Therefore, through my shift, I kept in mind that if I needed one, there was a store right across the gym I go to and I could just grab one, but keeping that in mind I think eased my exhaustion a bit and allowed for me to pursue my workout without intaking an energy drink. The thought of being able to eat what I want also kept me motivated to keep going as I am a huge food lover.