Critically evaluate feminist explanations of female criminal behaviour. The involvement of females in crime and as the committers of crime was once a rare phenomenon but in recent years a dramatic increase has been seen all over the world. In England and Wales statistics have shown between 1994 and 2006 female crimes have steadily increased and have since continued to do so (MOJ 2009). Many sociological explanations and interpretations have arisen to coincide this surge in female offending as to
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Outline and evaluate biological therapies as treatments of depression. There many forms of treatment to cure depression‚ many of which are biological. These target the physical and chemical side of the body. Anti-depressants and other drugs are the most common forms of treating depression. They work by boosting levels of insufficient neurotransmitters such as serotonin and nor-adrenaline. They will either reduce the amount of re-absorption or block the enzyme that is trying to break down neurotransmitters
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Schizophrenia Thiago DeSouza Liberty University Abstract Schizophrenia is considered to be one of the most dangerous disorders that is affecting the lives of so many. Concrete answers are yet to be discovered as researches are yet to solve the mystery of what causes this particular disorder. What is known thus far is that it is a disorder that cannot be prevented but can indeed be treated. Based off of what researchers were able to find out to this point‚ medications and different types of therapies
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“Outline and evaluate research into one or more biological rhythms” [research = theories and studies] There are three main biological rhythms‚ which are called infradian‚ circadian and ultradian. Ultradian rhythms occur multiple times in one day. Circadian rhythms are cycles‚ which occur once a day‚ so within the 24 hours such as the sleep-wake cycle. Infradian rhythms are less frequent once in a day such as the menstrual cycle or hibernation. The research into these rhythms offers an insight
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Schizophrenia is a mental health condition that often goes undetected or many times misdiagnosed with other mental health issues. It is one of the most disabling and emotionally devastating illnesses around. Because of its recent discovery in 2009‚ much is not known about this illness. Like many other diseases‚ schizophrenia is hereditary. It is more common than not; nearly one percent to one and a half percent of the U.S. population has been diagnosed with this disease during some point in their
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Outline and Evaluate Psychological Explanations for one eating disorder The psychodynamic approach suggests unconscious conflicts from childhood may be the reason for an eating disorder. As adolescent girls are most likely to have the disorder‚ it suggests that anorexia might be due to fear of increasing sexual desires and starvation is a way to avoid becoming pregnant because one of the symptoms of anorexia nervosa is the absence of a menstrual cycle. Another psychodynamic explanation suggests anorexia
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the girls are as follows Nora‚ Iris‚ Myra‚ and Hester (named from oldest to youngest)‚ these names were chosen to resemble the four letters in NIMH‚ the National Institute of Mental Health. Each sister was diagnosed with schizophrenia at different ages and each case of schizophrenia is at different levels of severity. Nora‚ the oldest‚ is sometimes identified as the brightest of the four girls‚ was hospitalized at age 22 and never lived independently for an extended period of time. Iris‚ the second
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diseases that I never even knew excited when I was back in my home country like sexual disorder‚ bulimia or schizophrenia. People in my country have those diseases or disorder but they get misunderstood. The disorder that I choose to do research about is Schizophrenia because it is one of the disorders that do not get treated in my home country; I don’t even think people know about it. Schizophrenia is a serious and disruptive mental illness that occurs in all cultures and affects about 1 in 100 people
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Psychologists have put forward different explanations of attachment‚ such as learning theory and Bowlby’s theory. Outline and evaluate one or more explanations of attachment One explanation of attachment is Bowlby’s theory who described attachment as "lasting psychological connectedness between human beings" Bowlby believed that the earliest bonds formed by children with their caregivers have a tremendous impact that continues throughout life. According to Bowlby‚ attachment also serves to
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Schizophrenia Casey Spencer Psychology 101 Dr. Carol Servies Ivy Tech Community College Lafayette/Crawfordsville March 4‚ 2009 Schizophrenia Psychosis: Schizophrenia. What does this mean? Schizophrenia is an incapacitating mental condition that has many symptoms and no cure. Most people associate schizophrenia with “split personalities” but that is not true of the disease. Actual symptoms include but are not limited to hallucinations‚ delusions‚ being unable to
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