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Traumatic Stress Disorder Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
1,835 wordsHave you ever witnessed someone being badly injured or even killed? Have you ever been involved in a fire, flood, or any other natural disaster? The estimated lifetime prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among adult Americans is 7. 8 %, with men calculating at 5 % and women at 10. 4 %, twice as likely as men to have PTSD at some point in their lives. This represents a small proportion of those who have experienced at least one traumatic event, for 60. 7 % of men and 51. 2 % of women rep...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
1,578 wordsEach year millions of people in the United States are affected by serious and sometimes life-threatening eating disorders. The vast majorities are adolescents and young adult women. Approximately one percent of adolescent girls develop anorexia nervosa, a dangerous condition in which they can literally starve themselves to death. Another two to three percent develop bulimia nervosa, a destructive pattern of excessive overeating followed by vomiting or other " purging " behaviors to control their...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Cognitive Behavioral
1,003 words... eople with OCD report that the symptoms can come and go on their own. Individuals with OCD may have substance-abuse problems, sometimes as a result of attempts to self-medicate. Specific treatment for the substance abuse is usually also needed. After a proper diagnosis, there are many treatments available for patients suffering from OCD. However, before any treatment is administered, the patient and family are educated about OCD and its treatment as a medical illness. First of all, there are...
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Cognitive Behavioral Alcohol Consumption
483 wordsWilliams, R. J. (1999). Restrained Drinking and Cognitive Control Among Adolescents. Adolescence, 34, 557 - 563. The purpose of the study on restrained drinking was to look at restrained drinking and ones self control in regards to alcohol consumption by adolescents. The rationale behind this unanswered question was to get to the root of the problem of adolescent drinking as the severity and frequency of teen drinking is on the rise. The purpose was to further explore the correlation between res...
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Ready For Bed Obsessions And Compulsions
1,195 words... and she was checking all the time again. VII. Judy Judy is 13. Her life has been ruled by OCD as long as she could remember. She never even thought much about it until she was 8 and stayed over at her friends house for an overnight. That was the first time Judy realized that she was different. She thought OCD was just part of being human. Well, when the other girls got ready for bed in 10 minutes and she was still getting ready for bed an hour later, she realized she was different. Judy was ...
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Social Anxiety Disorder Research Short
767 wordsSocial anxiety disorder is also known as social phobia. It is defined as the fear of social situations that involve interaction with other people. It is the fear and anxiety of being judged and evaluated negatively by other people or behaving in a way that might cause embarrassment or ridicule. This leads to feelings of inadequacy, self-consciousness, and depression. The person with social anxiety disorder may believe that all eyes are on him at all times. Social anxiety disorder is the third la...
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Evaluate Evidence For A Psychological Intervention Schizophrenia
1,788 words... s the chance of replication beyond its own setting, which is vital in being able to justify the use of CBT as a viable intervention for Schizophrenia. In this case experienced psychiatric nurses trained in CBT successfully treated the patients this alone makes CBT a more viable option for intervention as it means more health care professionals fall within the scope of being able to provide treatment. Equally as promising is that therapy could be undertaken in the community as it is less dema...
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Therapy For Depressed Children
1,557 wordsPsychological Treatment for Depressed Students Amy A. Zieman Monmouth University Psychological Treatment for Depressed Students Depression in school-age children may be one of the most overlooked and under treated psychological disorders of childhood, presenting a serious mental health problem. Depression in children has become an important issue in research due to its many emotional forms, and its relationship to self-destructive behaviors. Depressive disorders are of particular importance to s...
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American Psychiatric Association Children And Adolescents
1,624 words... 995). According to Shure, ICPS can help children learn to generate or apply more than one solution for a problem, learn to create dialogues to express their feelings, and increase coping skills (Shure, 1995). Family intervention also appears to be beneficial in order to address parental self-blame. Education of the child as well as the family enhances both understanding, and compliance with treatment (Sung & Kirchner, 2000). Reynolds (1990) suggests that no one should ever engage in the ...
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Children And Adolescents Child And Adolescent Psychiatry
1,460 words... if you do decide to treat the child with antidepressants, which is by far the easiest mode of treatment, the child could still be at risk for self-harm due to the risk associated with antidepressant drugs and children. As a parent, this scenario is like tossing a one-sided coin, in that with or without treatment your child may be at risk of suicidal tendencies. Another concern is the dosage of antidepressants being given to children and adolescents. Currently, the lowest dosage for an antide...
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Controlling Security Threat Groups
711 wordsWith the increase of street gangs, prisons see a rise in gang activity such as race related crime, drug trafficking, and inmate protection. "Today's street gangs are becoming tomorrow's prison gangs. Institutional managers report that the "drive-by shooting mentality" has moved into the prisons and jails as the young offenders have been convicted of various gang-related offenses. " (Carlson, Peter M. , Jan. 2001). Although there is a correlation between the two, researchers are clear of the diff...
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