PSYC*3140 Study Guide - Family Therapy, Factitious Disorder, Factitious Disorder Imposed On Self
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Melissa is a 10 year old gymnast who has recently begun to display issues during her gymnastics classes that have caught her coaches" attention. Melissa has come to practices for the previous few months with multiple unexplained injuries and what appears to be increasing chronic asthma. When questioned about these injuries, melissa is unable to provide sufficient information about how they occurred. Melissa is also quiet underweight and appears to be withdrawn from her peers, while showing emotion and social developmental problems. With suspicion of possible abuse in the home her coach reports melissa"s situation to the sport"s psychologist who meets with the melissa and her parents to discuss the situation. Melissa"s mother teresa currently works in the health profession as a nurse within a pediatric hospital. She is quick to point out her accomplishments both in her field of work and as a gymnast herself in previous years.
