Mandy is a newborn baby girl. She has been referred to you, the hospital social worker, because her mother is suffering from postpartum depression. Although you will be working directly with the mother, realizing that Mandy is your client, what is the problem and what solution and intervention do you recommend (justified by Erikson’s theory)?What is the central process? (This suggests how you might go about your intervention)What is the prime adaptive ego quality? (This should be encouraged, so how would your intervention encourage this quality to develop?)What is the core pathology? (This should be avoided, so how would your intervention discourage this quality?)

Erik Erikson was a psychologist who proposed the psychosocial stages of development. As per his…

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Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)

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Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

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Mandy is a newborn baby girl. She has been referred to you, the hospital social worker, because her mother is suffering from postpartum depression. Although you will be working directly with the mother, realizing that Mandy is your client, what is the problem and what solution and intervention do you recommend (justified by Erikson’s theory)?

What is the central process? (This suggests how you might go about your intervention)
What is the prime adaptive ego quality? (This should be encouraged, so how would your intervention encourage this quality to develop?)
What is the core pathology? (This should be avoided, so how would your intervention discourage this quality?)

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