Analyzing Biopsychological Disorders Bonnie Montgomery Analyzing Biopsychological Disorders Part A Biopsychology is a biological approach to psychology. Historically‚ researchers believed that neuropsychological disorders were of the brain‚ and psychological disorders were of the mind. Now‚ psychologists understand that these distinctions do not exist. Biological approaches to psychological disorders direct psychologists to consider the active cause and effective treatments of major psychological
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ABSTRACT Bipolar disorder or manic depression causes serious shifts in mood‚ energy‚ thinking‚ and behavior—from the highs of mania on one extreme‚ to the lows of depression on the other. More than just a fleeting good or bad mood‚ the cycles of bipolar disorder last for days‚ weeks‚ or months. And unlike ordinary mood swings‚ the mood changes of bipolar disorder are so intense that they interfere with your ability to function. SYMPTOMS Bipolar Symptoms Bipolar disorder
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Posttraumatic stress disorder or more commonly known as PTSD is one of the most common mental health disorders. It mostly affects victims of sexual assault‚ war veterans or soldiers‚ people who sustained a serious injury or the threat of death in which they experienced intense fear‚ horror or powerlessness (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2013). In saying this‚ not everyone who has experienced a traumatic event develop PTSD. In New Zealand‚ there are 35.9% of people with severe PTSD‚ 36.9% of
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder One of the most interesting mental illnesses to talk about today is obsessive-compulsive disorder. It is mostly referred to as OCD. Although OCD is an attention-grabbing subject‚ it can occupy a lot of time and energy from a person’s life. There are many who suffer from OCD including men‚ women‚ boys and girls. This mental illness causes one to have thoughts that are uncontrollable as well as behaviors that are repeated over and over again. For example‚ Sue just
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1 INTRODUCTION Pain is a significant adaptive mechanism. International Association for the Study of Pain‚ cited in Hazelgrove and Price (2000‚ pp. 27)‚ defines pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage‚ or described in terms of such damage”‚ however it is worth to notice‚ that pain is a very complex phenomenon and it is therefore difficult to define or identify pain interchangeably. Hazelgrove and Price (2000) classify pain into two
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Addiction is a dependence on a substance in which the affected individual feels powerless to stop. Millions of Americans have addictions to drugs‚ alcohol‚ nicotine‚ and even to behaviors such as compulsive gambling and shopping. Our recent studies suggest that millions of Americans are addicted to food‚ as well. An average American is bombarded daily with random propaganda to try to sell what some would consider "perfection". Most American citizens try to emulate those fictional characters in celebrity
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When people think of the birth of a newborn child‚ they think happy thoughts. Which they should‚ having a child is a major life event. But in many cases people mainly focus on the child’s well-being and not the mother’s. Unfortunately‚ some mother’s struggle with post-partum depression‚ which when depression isn’t handled as soon as possible it can lead to serious injury or even death. Post-partum depression is a moderate to severe form of depression that affects a woman after giving birth. It may
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Sam Hite Legal Environment of Business 3 April 2013 McClellan GlaxoSmithKline: Ethics and Clinical Thinking GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is known around the world for many of its home health products and a good number of the prescription drugs that are in our medicine cabinets. GSK is a global healthcare company. They focus on the discovery‚ development‚ manufacturing‚ and marketing of pharmaceutical and consumer health-related products. A brief history of the company‚ according to the Marketline
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Companies are expected by society to act responsibly which translates into a set of corporate responsibility principles‚ the outcome being a substantial difference to the durability‚ prosperity and liveability of the communities in which they operate (Smith 2008).GlaxoSmithKline is a world leading research based pharmaceutical company‚ with a mission that is challenging and arousing to improve the quality of human life. GlaxoSmithKline has a robust combination of resources and skills delivering strong
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Adolescence is both a time of tremendous gains and some inherent losses. You can help your teenage patients through this turbulent time by asking a few specific questions‚ checking their psychosocial functioning‚ and distinguishing the somewhat common depressive symptoms from a true depressive disorder. Approximately 10% of patients will need further evaluation sometime during their adolescence‚ and a few will require urgent referral to protect their safety if you uncover any suicidal ideation or
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