Is My Child A Psychopath? Cindy Loza Whittier College Abstract There is not enough empirical research on child psychopathy and its development or indicators. There is also a lack of evidence that signifies a positive correlation between conduct disorder and other defiant problems in children to psychopathy in adults. The current review examines psychopathic characteristics that can be identified in children‚ disorders that are related to psychopathy‚ and neurobiological factors have also been
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Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is an anxiety disorder that is characterized by excessive‚ uncontrollable and often irrational worry about everyday things that is disproportionate to the actual source of worry. This excessive worry often interferes with daily functioning‚ as individuals suffering GAD typically anticipate disaster‚ and are overly concerned about everyday matters such as health issues‚ money‚ death‚ family problems‚ friend problems‚ relationship problems or work difficulties.[1]
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Specific brain activation in Japanese and Caucasian people to fearful faces. NeuroReport‚ 16(2)‚ 133-136. Morris‚ J. S.‚ Frith‚ C. D.‚ Perrett‚ D. I.‚ Rowland‚ D.‚ Young‚ A. W.‚ Calder‚ A. J.‚ et al. (1996). A differential neural response in the human amygdala to fearful and happy facial expressions. Nature‚ 383(6603)‚ 812-815. Ruiz-Belda‚ M. A.‚ Fernandez-Dols‚ J. M.‚ Carrera‚ P.‚ & Barchard‚ K. (2003). Spontaneous facial expressions of happy bowlers and soccer fans. Cognition & Emotion‚ 17‚ 315–326.
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To what extent does cognition control emotion ? In everyday life there is a constant evidence of interaction between cognition and emotion. If we see something funny we laugh‚ if we fear we run or hide‚ if we are distressed we find it hard to concentrate. However we do not need to present any of the emotions to others‚ we can regulate them‚ think about situations and consequences and estimate the outcome. We are able to control our emotions. Ochsner and Gross(2005‚p.242) argues that capacity
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The Brain Development and Violence Juanita S Farmer DeVry University Victimology Professor: Jeannine Quear What causes a person to become violent? Is a person born to be a killer or do social pressures cause a person to lash out? These are questions that scientists have been searching for answers to for decades. Though there are many theories about biological influences‚ there is no set rule that applies to everyone that explains what makes a person turn violent. There are three events that
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The Associations between Anxiety and Psychological and Biological Factors Many people believe that anxiety exists in the occasions that give you a lot of stress. Presence of anxiety is mainly due to the environmental elements. In my opinion‚ anxiety is a result of imbalance of internal states of human being rather that purely caused by environmental factors. The external environment only triggers the disequilibrium of mental status but not all the person will experience anxiety under a same stressful
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Marijuana on the Brain Outline I. Thesis – How does the usage of marijuana affect the brain and what causes the intoxication from the drug? What are the long-term and short-term effects from marijuana? II. Body A. Emotions a. Amygdala i. Anxiety and panic ii. Blocking of traumatic experiences iii. Reduces hostility b. Acute psychosis iv. Hallucinations v. Delusions vi. Loss of personal identity c. Psychoactivity
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Table of Contents Introduction ..3 Risk Factors .3 Pathophysiology ...4 Clinical manifestation ..5 Diagnostic criteria 5 Laboratory and Diagnostic test 6 Evaluation & Treatment ...6 Prognosis ..6 Summary ..7 There
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Introduction Childhood traumas have been associated with many psychological problems later in life. Specifically‚ sexual abuse during childhood shows correlations with many different types of anxiety disorder. There are many theories as to why this is‚ but most of the prominent ones deal with memory repression. Freud first introduced memory repression when he described it as consciously taking an event out of their memory. Since the population of child sexual abuse survivors is to be 1 in 5 girls
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connected with the frontal lobe‚ and the medial temporal lobe includes the limbic system‚ which includes the hippocampus and amygdala. It is essential for the limbic system to be in good health to create a less stressed mind. The hippocampus‚ a part of the limbic system‚ has the unique ability to grow new neurons. However‚ that ability is restricted if under stress. The amygdala‚ also a part of the limbic system‚ process memory‚ emotion‚ and social interactions.[12] Once your brain has decided there’s
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