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Carl Theory Of Therapeutic Change
3,027 wordsCarl Rogers Theory of Therapeutic Change: Humanistic Psychotherapy and the Client/Person-Centered Approach Essentials and distinctions Abstract Carl R. Rogers, an American psychologist, is globally famous for originating and developing the now prevailing humanistic trend in psychotherapy, being a pioneer in research and having influenced all fields related to psychology. Rogers person-centred approach to therapeutic change outlines the main theoretical cornerstones of the person-centred approach...
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Borderline Personality Disorder Sigmund Freud
7,334 wordsBORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER Copyright 1999 John M Rathbun MD DEFINITION a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affect, and marked impulsiveness, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts HISTORY: this diagnosis has been used over the past 30 years to label patients who get therapists upset. BPD has become the most diagnosed and researched personality disorder. EPIDEMIOLOGY: two or three per cent of the general population are...
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Substance Abuse Treatment Criminal Justice System
2,954 wordsUse federal tax dollars to fund these therapeutic communities in prisons. I feel that if we teach these prisoners some self-control and alternative lifestyles that we can keep them from reentering the prisons once they get out. I am also going to describe some of today? s programs that have proven to be very effective. Gottfredson and Hirschi developed the general theory of crime. It According to their theory, the criminal act and the criminal offender are separate concepts. The criminal act is ...
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Smoked Marijuana Cannabinoid Receptors
9,824 wordsOver the Marijuana EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Over the past 18 months there has been wide-ranging public discussion on the potential medical uses of marijuana, particularly smoked marijuana. To contribute to the resolution of the debate, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) held a 2 -day scientific meeting on February 19 - 20, 1997, to review the scientific data concerning the potential therapeutic uses for marijuana and the need for and feasibility of additional research. Central to the current debat...
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