Riley, a 27-year-old patient, complains that most of the sta…
Riley, a 27-year-old patient, complains that most of the staff do not like her. She says she can tell whether you are a caring person. Riley is unsure of what she wants to do with her life and her “mixed-up feelings” about relationships. When you tell her that you will be on vacation next week, she becomes very angry. Two hours later, she is found using a curling iron to burn her underarms and explains that it “makes the numbness stop”. Given this presentation, which personality disorder would you suspect?
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A patient diagnosed with major depressive disorder began taking a tricyclic antidepressant 1 week ago. Today the patient says, “I don’t think I can keep taking these pills. They make me so dizzy, especially when I stand up.” The nurse will:
Read DetailsPope Innocent III authorized the Massacre at Béziers (1209)…
Pope Innocent III authorized the Massacre at Béziers (1209) that may have resulted in the deaths of 20,000 men, women, and children. The group the pope targeted were called [BLANK-1]. They were a minority Christian sect located primarily in Southern France who believed that the Old and New Testament spoke of different gods. According to this sect, the creator god of Genesis was cruel, violent, vindictive, and capricious – they believed he was Satan himself. The New Testament god, according to this faith, was the Christian God, Jehovah: typified by kindness, mercy, love, and forgiveness.
Read DetailsIn 1152, the heir to the English throne, Henry II, married a…
In 1152, the heir to the English throne, Henry II, married a powerful woman and great heiress named [BLANK-1]. She was formerly the Queen of France and two years after marrying Henry, she became Queen of England. With their marriage, Henry was able to extend his claims of control of French lands, further complicating relations between England and France.
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After the splitting of the faith with the Protestant Reformation and years of religious conflicts, the Catholic Church launched a massive effort in their own right to remedy perceived problems of greed, corruption, and poorly trained and poorly acting clergy. This effort was known as the Catholic Reformation. In addition to requiring bishops to live in their dioceses, ending secret marriages, and establishing better methods for educating the clergy, the Catholic Reformation also featured the rise of new Catholic orders. One such new order of Catholics was founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1540. This group, called [BLANK-1], emphasized education and missionary work.
Read DetailsA protégé of his patron, Lorenzo de’ Medici, [BLANK-1] was a…
A protégé of his patron, Lorenzo de’ Medici, [BLANK-1] was a youthful prodigy and an example of humanist thought during the Italian Renaissance. In 1486, his most notable work, On the Dignity of Man, made an impassioned summary of peoples’ positive qualities and capacities for learning.
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