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Pysche Duty Req
Pysche Duty Req
Pysche Duty Req
Leila DEFORT, a mother of a 2-month old infant named Totoy, is frantic because he seems to ignore her and
her husband when they talk to him. She tells Bogart, a psychiatric nurse, that she is afraid her son is mentally
retarded and blames herself, saying that she must have done something wrong during her pregnancy. Leila tells
nurse Bogart that she definitely knows her son is mentally retarded because her sister’s daughter acted the same
way and she was diagnosed with mental retardation. She is heartbroken and does not know what to do.
2. Mrs. Fe Dimagiba, 43 year old woman was watching television. Suddenly she rushes and locks all the doors and
all the windows, and draws all the shades before turning off the television and all but one light off. She sits still in the
chair and falls asleep. Mrs. Dimagiba now tells her practitioner about the experience, concerned that she is “losing
her mind” as she explains to the practitioner.
D. Interpersonal communication
Interpersonal communication is a dynamic and complex human phenomenon that includes at least two
communicators. These communicators intentionally orient toward each other as both subject and object
whose actions embody each other’s perspectives both toward self and toward other. Interpersonal
communication is a goal-driven interaction between at least two people that typically occurs in a face to face
environment.