Amphetamine or Amfetamine‚ also known as alpha-methyl-phenethylamine‚ phenyl-isopropylamine‚ beta-phenyl-isopropylamine‚ and benzedrine‚ is a prescription stimulant commonly used to treat Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults and children. It is also used to treat symptoms of traumatic brain injury and the daytime drowsiness symptoms of narcolepsy and chronic fatigue syndrome. Initially it was more popularly used to diminish the appetite and to control weight. Brand names of the
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Theoretical Essay The Three Theoretical Approaches 22.04.08 Introduction In this essay I have looked at the three theoretical approaches‚ The Person Centred‚ The Psychodynamic and The Cognitive Behaviourist approaches. I have done this through the theoretical knowledge gained in class and through my own personal research‚ triad/diad practice and my personal life and experiences and how they relate to the theory. I have taken each theory‚ and the knowledge I have gained‚ and how this relates
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important if you are wary about which counsellor to choose: Counselling Approaches Psychological therapies generally fall into three categories. These are behavioural therapies‚ which focus on cognitions and behaviours‚ psychoanalytical and psychodynamic therapies‚ which focus on the unconscious relationship patterns that evolved from childhood‚ and humanistic therapies‚ which focus on looking at the ’here and now’. This is a generalisation though and counselling usually overlaps some of these
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Adults. The paper will mainly focus on the symptoms of ADHD along with diagnosis of it. It will show how at least some research demonstates that adult and child ADHD are two different things and should be treated as such. In the process it will higlhight the what at times can be conflicting nature of adult ADHD research. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a disorder in which people have trouble focusing. Individuals are generally abnormally
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Student Professor English 101 18 Aug. 2009 Children with ADHD ADHD may not make someone look different on the surface‚ but one can see it plainly if they know what behavior traits to look for. ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It is one of the most commonly diagnosed chronic psychiatric conditions among children and is based on such behavioral criteria as impulsivity‚ hyperactivity‚ inattention and or learning disabilities (Curbing Impulsivity). It is the single
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Summary Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is stated in the DSM-5 to have the symptoms of impulsivity‚ inattention‚ and hyperactivity. In order for one to be diagnosed with ADHD‚ all symptoms must be present. ADHD is most common among children from three to six years old. Although children are hyperactive innately‚ one can have higher amounts that disrupt their daily lives. ADHD can interrupt a child’s life by producing mental and behavioral effects. Whether it be at home or school
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Hyperactivity Disorder: the Search For Endophenotypes” addresses ADHD as a highly controversial topic‚ as well as being one of the most popular condition amongst children and adolescence today. Despite the controversy ADHD faces‚ Castellanos and Tannock are in pursuit of finding a cause or development of this disease through Endophenotypes. To start out‚ the American Psychiatric Association has developed a diagnostics test for ADHD where one must answer questions based on inattention‚ hyperactivity
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theories are psychoanalysis‚ learning theory‚ trait approaches‚ and humanistic psychology; they all work together. Researching these different kinds of perspectives will allow me to understand the perspective better and how they work. Psychodynamic Theories Psychodynamics‚ otherwise called dynamic brain science‚ in its broadest sense‚ is a way to deal with brain science that underscores orderly investigation of the mental powers which cause human behavior‚ sentiments‚ feelings and how they might identify
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Denitsa Radeva-Petrova‚ 09249520 Biological and Psychoanalytic Approaches to Anorexia Nervosa Individual Differences and Conceptual/Historical Issues in Psychology‚ 7PSY0076 Evaluation of the Contribution of the Biological and Psychoanalytic Schools of Thought in Psychology to the Understanding of Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder‚ characterised by a refusal to maintain body weight that is at least 85% of what is considered normal for an individual’s height and
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An estimated 2.4 million children between the ages of eight and fifteen in the U.S. have attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD)‚ but fewer than half of them have been properly diagnosed or are receiving appropriate treatments (Boyles‚ 2007). Sadly‚ children much younger than eight are often incorrectly diagnosed and put on extremely high doses of medication. Without the proper knowledge of what attention deficit disorders entail‚ both parents and professionals could be creating a life time
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