Discussion on Somatic & Dissociative Disorders

Discussion on Somatic & Dissociative Disorders

2 pages: Black Swan

• Describe your character in detail with regards to relevant symptoms, traits, or background information.
• Identify a character or characters in the film that you think would meet criteria for a diagnosis discussed in the chapter. Provide your detailed impressions of why you feel this character meets criteria for the relevant diagnosis, citing examples from the movie, references from your text, links in the unit and other sources. If you feel that your character does not fully meet criteria, (despite the film’s best attempts to portray a diagnosis) provide examples and explain why.
• Also explain if several diagnoses that should be considered. How would you further assess for the particular diagnosis or diagnoses to rule them out?

Discussion on Somatic & Dissociative Disorders

*It is not necessary to provide a synopsis of the movie. The majority of your post should be related to the diagnostic impressions and I encourage you not to search for synopses written by others online, as many of these were based on the DSM IV-TR, are not accurate, and would not assist in your growth.

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Chose an article and follow the instruction

Current Events Assignment/Facilitation:

◦           The student will be submitting an article of their choosing as it relates to Unit 6: Dissociative Disorders, Somatic Symptoms, and Related Disorders and posing 2-3 questions to the class to discuss.

Discussion on Somatic & Dissociative Disorders

2 pages: Black Swan

• Describe your character in detail with regards to relevant symptoms, traits, or background information.
• Identify a character or characters in the film that you think would meet criteria for a diagnosis discussed in the chapter. Provide your detailed impressions of why you feel this character meets criteria for the relevant diagnosis, citing examples from the movie, references from your text, links in the unit and other sources. If you feel that your character does not fully meet criteria, (despite the film’s best attempts to portray a diagnosis) provide examples and explain why.
• Also explain if several diagnoses that should be considered. How would you further assess for the particular diagnosis or diagnoses to rule them out?