The biological or medical model approach examines psychological disorders as a type of illness and assumes it is a physical issue. The approach believes that factors such as genes‚ bio-chemistry‚ neuro-anatomy and germs are the causes of psychological disorders‚ and use treatments such as drugs and psychosurgery to rectify them. (Saul McLeod‚ 2008/2014) Anxiolytic drugs such as benzodiazepines are commonly used in the treatment of somebody with depression or bipolar as they increase activity in the
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BIOGRAPHY 20.1 Irving Fisher (1867 -1947) Irving Fisher was born at Saugerties‚ New York‚ the son of a Congregational minister. As did his father‚ Fisher studied at Yale. Mathematics was his favorite subject. He won first prize in a math contest even as a freshman; his doctoral dissertation‚Mathematical Investigations in the Theory of Value and Prices (1892)‚ was a landmark in the development of mathematical economics. This dissertation won immediate praise from no lesser figures than Francis Y
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Bipolar Disorder Tanya Reece PSY/103 December 8‚ 2014 Tricia Ferre Introduction What is Bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder symptoms and warning signs Cause of Bipolar disorder Prevention of Bipolar disorder Thesis Statement Bipolar disorder has a severe impact on the human population that affects individual sleep patterns‚ causes mood swings and occasionally violence. It is a severe disorder that can ruin relationships and lives if left untreated‚ however new therapies and medications can
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Citation: 1. Helen‚ Fisher. "The science of love‚ and the future of women." Technolog‚ Entertainment and Design (TED). Filmed Feb 2006; Posted Sep 2006 < http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/helen_fisher_tells_us_why_we_love_cheat.html> 2. Helen‚ Fisher. "About the author." The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love February 4‚ 2004 < http://www.helenfisher.com/> Biography: Helen Fisher‚ Ph.D.‚ is one of this country’s most prominent anthropologists. Prior to becoming a Research
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The Fisher Effect To determine true return on a company ’s investment‚ the financial manager (FM) must be able to determine the real interest the company ’s investments are achieving‚ regardless of inflation. Irving Fisher theorized in his work The Theory of Interest: As Determined by Impatience to Spend Income and Opportunity to Invest it? that real interest is the price at which the supply of capital is equal to the demand for capital. The supply is dependent on peoples willingness to save and
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Fisher & Paykel was formed in 1934‚ after two young friends‚ Woolf Fisher and Maurice Paykel‚ managed to sell surplus refrigerators that had been imported by Paykel’s family company‚ Paykel Brothers. With other family members investing capital‚ the pair opened their first office and showroom on the mezzanine floor of Queen’s Arcade‚ Auckland. Appliance retailing was in its infancy and the small firm supplemented its income by negotiating agencies for other products‚ such as record players‚ vacuum
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Analyzing Psychological Disorders 1 Janise McWilliams Psy/240 07/13/2014 Professor King Analyzing Psychological Disorders 2 My understanding of Schizophrenia is what they call splitting of the psychic functions‚ back in the early years of the 20th century it was described as to what was
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extended family members; stating that he witnessed Jesse’s murder‚ when shot in the head at close range by a store owner‚ during a robbery. Bleak views and sentiments of unworthiness leading to the worsening of his self-harm which required therapy. Antwone shows
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Discuss Psychological explanations of one eating disorder. (8+16) Psychological explanations of obesity include the psychodynamic and the behaviourist approach. Behaviourism suggests three means by which obesity may occur; classical conditioning‚ operant conditioning and social learning theory. There is a great deal of evidence for the behavioural explanation. Classical conditioning is where eating becomes associated with other behaviours that are often routine‚ leading to eating when not hungry
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probable that only one of those two will face post-traumatic stress disorder. Why is that? There is many factors that could influenced that‚ those include background and previous experience5. “Davidson et al. (2007) and Breslau et al. (1998) estimate that PTSD affects 15-24 per cent of individuals who are exposed to traumatic events. (…) PTSD is complicated by the fact that it frequently occurs in conjunction with related disorders such as depression‚ substance abuse‚ problems of memory and cognition
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