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Diagnosis And Treatment Of Depression In The Elderly
1,256 words... g interest in the results of cognitive therapy on elderly depressed patients. In addition to the success, the US National Institute of Health consensus conference highlighted the need for continued development in this area (January 1997). The types of psychological treatments used on the elderly are specifically designed for aged persons. The central idea in cognitive therapy is to take the negative self-opinion and teach ways to reverse this opinion. Validation and reminiscence are examples...
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Cognitive Therapy For Depression
1,513 wordsCOGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION Cognitive behavioral therapy helps improve peoples moods and behavior by changing their way thinking; also, how they interpret events and talk to themselves. This form of psychotherapy helps guide people into thinking more realistically and teaches them coping strategies to deal with their depression. Cognitive therapy is in most cases a short-term treatment that can have long-term results. I will discuss depression in adolescence and how it effects pe...
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Rational Emotive Cognitive Theory
2,287 words... attention, therefore we learn from it. An example of this is when we drive the same route to work everyday and learn there is a gas station on the way. We did not have to be reinforced to learn that the gas station was there. Social learning theory however states that when reinforcement is present it assist learning but is not a necessary component for learning. There are several types of motivational reinforces, extrinsic or external reward such as a gold sticker for good work, intrinsic or...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Guilt And Shame
2,217 words... g they can also have the opposite affect, shoes may be untied, teeth unbrushed, clothing may be slovenly and hair may be dirty. In these cases, fear of contamination of personal objects or body parts leads to the individuals refusal to touch them. A combination of excessive hand washing and sloppiness in other areas of grooming had even been reported. Obsessions revolving around a need for symmetry may result in compulsive arranging. Children who engage in symmetry-related rituals may also f...
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Anorexia Nervosa Self Starvation
1,595 wordsAnorexia nervosa is a life threatening eating disorder defined by a refusal to maintain fifteen percent of a normal body weight through self-starvation (NAMI 1). Ninety-five percent of anorexics are women between the ages of twelve and eighteen, however, in the past twenty years, this disorder has become a growing threat to high school and college students (Maloney and Kranz 60). Anorexia produces a multitude of symptoms, and if not treated, anorexia can lead to permanent physical damage or deat...
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Rational Emotive Therapy The Logical Choice For Psychological
1,482 wordsWhat is the true study of modern human emotion, thought, and behavior, psychology or philosophy? This questions answer does not come easily to its solicitor; in fact, the two seemingly different subjects have a distinct and discernible relationship to one another.
Some things are up to us and some are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, our impulses, desires, aversions, in-short whatever is our doing. Our bodies are not up to us, nor our possessions, our reputations, or our publ...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Traumatic Stress Disorder
2,009 wordsMental Health: A Look Into Anxiety Disorders Anxiety and fear are often thought of as the same thing, but are actually somewhat different. Fear is thought of as a response to the presence or imminence of danger. Anxiety, on the other hand, can be looked at as a response that was created through learning or life experiences. Anxiety disorders are very common and may eventually turn every day tasks into unbearable and overwhelming activities. General symptoms of anxiety disorders can include the f...
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Obsessive Compulsive Conditioned Stimulus
1,115 wordsCompare and Contrast Behavioural and Cognitive Approaches in the Management of Anxiety The Behavioural Model sees the cause of abnormality as the learning of maladaptive habits. It aims to discover, by laboratory experiment, what aspect of the environment produced this learning, and it sees successful therapy as learning new and more adaptive ways of behaving. There are two kinds of basic learning processes that exist: Operant and Pavlovian conditioning. These have generated a set of behavioural...
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Evaluate Evidence For A Psychological Intervention Schizophrenia
1,759 wordsEvaluate the evidence for a psychological intervention for schizophrenia. Is there sufficient evidence to justify its use? There are perhaps two main prongs to the development of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy as an intervention for schizophrenia, the first being based upon the sizable research that centre on family interventions, which have been successful in reducing patient relapse in schizophrenic families (Pilling et al. , 2002). Family interventions are important to consider as they became ...
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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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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For Schizophrenia
1,917 wordsCognitive Behavioral Therapy for Schizophrenia INTRODUCTION Schizophrenia is a persistent and often unrelenting psychiatric disorder. Twenty-five to fifty percent of patients who are compliant with medication still experience significant symptomatology (Weinberger, 1995). Unfortunately, as many as 50 % of patients are not fully compliant with prescribed medications (Hale, 1995). Thus, practitioners treating patients with schizophrenia can become frustrated by the patient's lack of complete respo...
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Low Blood Pressure Symptoms Of Depression
2,478 wordsMental disorders are becoming more prevalent in today? s society as people add stress and pressure to their daily lives. The elderly population is not eliminated as a candidate for a disorder just because they may be retired. In fact, mental disorders affect 1 in 5 elderly people. One would think that with disorders being rather prevalent in this age group that there would be an abundance of treatment programs, but this is not the case. Because the diagnosis of an individual? s mental state is s...
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Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
5,336 wordsObsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (henceforth OCD) is an anxiety related disorders and is a potentially disabling condition that can persist throughout a person s life. The key features of OCD are obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions can be defined as persistent ideas, thoughts impulses or images that are experienced as inappropriate and intrusive. This then causes the person high levels of anxiety and distress. Compulsion on the other hand, Are repetitive behav...
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Psychological Factors Significant Impact
3,304 wordsABSTRACT Whether it be at a collegiate or professional level, organizations have been faced with public pressure to be successful. The selection of appropriate personnel is one means for doing this. Although coaches are experts in identifying the physical characteristics needed for success in their field; they lack the skills necessary to asses the psychological factors that have been proven to have a significant impact on athletic performance. The identification, quantification and implementati...
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