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Disasters and Their Psychological Impact

a main area of study being the normative reaction to non normative events. The impact of stress created by disasters is argued to ...

Biographical Sketch of Bipolar Disorder

(APA, 2003) and "These rates are consistent across diverse cultures and ethnic groups" (APA, 2003). The rate for bipolar II is abo...

Social Psychology Issues

as they are living in a world with others who also eat well. There is a sense that when there are great numbers, responsibility is...

Category Formation, Causal Theories, and Cognitive Psychology

"because" they have wings and therefore prior knowledge cannot be ignored when dealing with category formation but instead is inco...

Disassociative Identity Disorder and Sigmund Freud

In five pages this paper examines disassociative identity disorder in accordance with the theories of Sigmund Freud. Eight source...

Homosexuality and How It Evolved

to oppose their "lifestyle choice." Yet, with mounting scientific evidence, this cultural phenomenon of same-sex love has emerged ...

Psychological Therapy and the Need for Clinical Intervention

Mainstream society has embraced psychology as a discipline for solving personal problems, rather than a route taken by the rich or...

Pervasive Developmental Disorder and a Group Centered Perspective

to understanding this disorder. Further, it is also beneficial to consider the views of theorists like Erik Erikson, who recogniz...

Borderline Personality Disorder and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Treatment

to have their first interactions with a person with BPD as a result of emergency room visits following suicidal attempts. The the...

Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment

manual, Bipolar I is a clinical course characterized by one of more manic or mixed episodes (APA, 1994). Generally, individuals wi...

Marxism and Sigmund Freud's Human Psyche Model

In five pages Freudian psychology is discussed in a comparative examination of the psychoanalyst's human psyche model and Karl Mar...

An Overview of Anxiety Disorders

so they change their everyday activities, in some cases there may bouts of anxiety that lead to intense periods of the person bein...

Coexisting Disorders and Recommended Treatment

well, and is defined as a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience of witnessing a life-threatening event such...

Theories of Max Wertheimer in Productive Thinking

student may have to word it differently. THE PHI PHENOMENON Wertheimer had one theory that is called the phi phenomenon which ma...

Carl Rogers

Carl Rogers is often referred to as the grandfather of client centered therapy. The writer looks at this well-known clinical psych...

Psychology Questions on Mental Disorders and Medication Use

practitioners with information to determine whether a patients symptoms can be explained organically as a result of an actual heal...

Seasonal Affective Disorder and Somatoform

written about this because it is having a devastating effect on girls and women who try to fit the image. It is societys pressure ...

Psychological Diagnosis Case

he is ready to really do something about his illnesses. Identifying Client Information: Name: Eric Beck; Age: 32 Race: Caucasia...

Genetic Disorder - Breast Cancer

Hecht, 2008). Breast cancer in both men and women is a genetic disorder but it is not necessarily hereditary (U.S. National Librar...

Kurt Lewin: Understanding How To Lead Change

throughout the entire process of change if that process was going to be effective. The notion of change at any level is notorious...

Autism: How Developmental Psychology Can Inform Practice

and after the training sessions, with results being virtually the same (Chin et al, 2000). Theory of mind, the ability to attribu...

Bipolar Disorder

there is very little information about predisposes people to these episodes (Swann, 2006). Therefore, for the most part, nursing a...

Comparing Structuralism, Functionalism and Evolutionism

A 3 page research paper that briefly contrasts and compares these three early psychological theories, which were formulated soon ...

Sigmund Freud: The Originator of Psychoanalysis

we are indicating that in life we are financially deprived. Dreams of sex, food, whatever, express what in reality are our wishes...

Girl, Interrupted And Borderline Personality

the DSM IV-TR (Therapydoc, 2007). The next one is due sometimes in 2012 (Therapydoc, 2007). It will no doubt change etiologies, di...

ADHD Diagnosis And Assessment

in grades Kindergarten through 8 (Erford and Hase, 2006). It has 24 items that are rated on a scale of 1 to 5, almost never to alm...

Gender Identity Patient Disorder Diagnosis, Treatment, and the Film Boys Don’t Cry

by persistent discomfort with ones sex" (Meyenburg, 1999, p. 305). This gender identification with the opposite sex typically com...

Classification of Personality Disorders

may overlap. The groupings would be as follows: Isolated Group: Antisocial personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, s...

PTSD and Employee Management

Is The American Psychiatric Association has specific guidelines for diagnosing PTSD, specifying that the ordeal which has t...

Questions About Treatment and the 1999 Film Girl Interrupted

is a misconception that can lead to problems in effective treatment Dr. Grohol believes that the best approach to treatment is to ...