Abnormal Psychology Reflection Paper The objective of the course was for a better understanding of mental disorders. This course has given me the ability to apply information learned about human experience‚ and relate it to psychopathology. During the semester I have learned various types of psychological perspectives and diverse treatment plans; and by taking this class I have been given the tools‚ and skills to think critically about mental disorders. The course of abnormal psychology
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While an individual who has experienced a traumatic event has the possibility of developing PTSD‚ it does not mean that they will. This paper will review three peer reviewed research studies on PTSD‚ examine the causes of PTSD according to the biopsychosocial model‚ and the best practices for treating PTSD. Three Peer-Reviewed Research Studies on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Study identifies genes linked to post-traumatic stress disorder A study by UCLA of Spitak victims found that PTSD was more
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severe enough to require psychiatric intervention. When determining the mental state of an individual psychologists must consider a number of determinants that combine to influence their health. These factors can be recognised through using a Biopsychosocial Approach. This approach demonstrates how biological‚ psychological and social factors individually and holistically contribute and influence the degree to which an individual may experience mental health issues. Stress
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January/February 1998 PSYCHOPATHOLOGY Duration 3 Hours 100 Marks EXAMINERS FIRST PROP DP FOURIE MRS E VISSER KS HL HENDERSON MRS E MOJAPELO-BATKA MS PB MOKISATLHE MRS BC VON KROSIGK SECOND PROF WA SNYMUS EXTERNAL PROF JB SCHOEMAN (PRETORIA - UP) ANSWER QUESTION 1 (COMPULSORY) AND ANY THREE (3) OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS QUESTION 1 (Compulsory) (a) Choose a linear and a circular approach to psychopathology and define abnormal psychology from each of these two
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The Confinement of Phobias An average of about 8.7% of people in the United States suffers from various phobias. A phobia is an anxiety that is best described as an irrational fear that prohibits individuals from engaging in certain activities and causes them to avoid specific situations and objects. As a result‚ a person’s quality of life may decline due to fearful hindrances. At times‚ some may successfully mask their anxiety and learn to cope with them‚ thereby leading normal lifestyles. Others
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Firstly the "biomedical model of health" (no hyphen) is sort of open to interpretation and not always defined the same way. And generally speaking a biopsychosocial model is almost universally used. But when I think of a biomedical model is it practicing medicine to "fix" things with the view that medical problems are organic (physical) without considering anything else. Some times it is referred (in an insulting way) to as the biomechanical model. To some extent that is true since a biomedical
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From 1900-1950 drug addicts and alcoholics didn’t have very many treatment options. Addicts were looked at as morally degenerates and they didn’t get any form of treatment was at the least brutal punishment. “Until research showed that addiction was a treatable disease of the brain‚ many addicts were also given prison sentences or shut away in asylums because it was assumed that they were permanently lacking in moral or mental substance”( The Evolution of Addiction Treatment‚ 2012). Imprisonment
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causation and increase in the diagnosis of anxiety and depression and how counselling and psychotherapy is effective in its historical context. Most importantly the essay will look at the medical treatment and the role of medicine in the biopsychosocial perspective to address mental health issues. Taking into account research figures in relation to the newspaper articles by David Batty (The Guardian‚ 2011) and Janet Street-porter (Daily Mail‚ 2010). The two newspaper articles argue anxiety
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Schizophrenia – A Biopsychosocial Model Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder characterized by a wide variety of symptoms. The term schizophrenia has been subjected to many misinterpretations since first introduced. The disorder is so common and the symptoms so peculiar the term schizophrenia has become part of society’s standard vocabulary. Schizophrenia is chronic‚ progressive‚ and considered one of the most severe and frequent forms of mental disorders afflicting one percent of the population
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The client presents with a history of binge eating behaviors since childhood. She states that during her youth there was contention in the home due to both her weight and eating habits. This was in addition to societal pressures and teasing from her peers during her formative years. The client recalls shame surrounding her eating‚ and an inability to stop. Due to the feelings of shame and guilt stemming from her inability to stop eating‚ the client reports that she ate in private often. Andrea
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