Chapter 8- Psychological Disorders Neurosis: term used to describe disorders causing personal distress and impairment in functioning‚ but did not cause a person to lose contact with reality Psychosis: a serious disturbance that can cause people to lose touch with reality and to suffer from delusions and hallucinations 5 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders 1. Biological Causes: a PD is a symptom of an underlying physical disorder cause by abnormalities in the brain by genetics‚ heredity
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How to Write an APA Comparative Analysis Your university English Language teacher has asked you to write a comparative analysis paper. This paper‚ also known as a compare and contrast‚ allows the writer to analyze two different things or ideas. She wants you to write the paper in APA format. APA is an acronym for American Psychological Association. The APA’s format is popular in education‚ social sciences and behavioral sciences. This article will help you format a comparative analysis paper. The
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Running Head: APA SAMPLE PAPER APA Sample Paper - Title Student Name University of Phoenix Class Facilitator Name Date of Submission APA Sample Paper Writing in the style prescribed by the American Psychological Association (2001)‚ Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA 5th)‚ can be a daunting experience for both graduate students and faculty members. Green and Gold (1996) suggest that an additional guide can be helpful‚ minimizing the need for searching
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Formatting Guidelines Based on the 6th Edition of the American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Style Manual This presentation aims to provide an overview of the American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines for formatting written papers. Students and faculty should refer to the Sixth edition of the “Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association” (2010) for specific formatting guidelines. This presentation was created by Prof. Steve Lopez and Prof. Ariel Gil
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Running head: CITING SOURCES IN APA STYLE Paper Formatting Tip: All parts of your paper should: have 1 inch margins be double-spaced use only normal double spacing after paragraphs (no extra spaces) use 12 point Times New Roman font Header Tip: The first page’s header section is different than the headers on the rest of the paper. This header should include: a page number (right justified) the words Running head: title in ALL CAPS (abbreviate if over 50 characters) Be sure to left-justify the text
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DISODERS: INTRODUCTION: A learning disorder can defined as a difficulty in an area of cognitive functioning. Learning disabilities are neurological differences in processing information that severely limit a person ’s ability to learn in a specific skill area. Learning disorders/disabilities are the result of actual differences in the way the brain processes‚ understands‚ and uses information. The term "learning disabilities" is used to describe a group of disorders characterized by inadequate development
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Anorexia nervosa (AN): an eating disorder characterized by an in ability to maintain normal weight‚ an intense fear of gaining weight‚ and distorted body perception. Clinicians diagnose an individual with anorexia nervosa when he or she shows three basic types of symptoms: severely restricted eating‚ which leads the person to have an abnormally low body weight‚ intense and unrealistic fear of getting fat or gaining weight‚ and disturbed self-perception of body shape or weight. In other words people
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Two main categories of treating psychological disorders Psychotherapy– is treatment in which a trained professional therapist‚ uses psychological techniques to help someone overcome psychological difficulties and disorders‚ resolve problems in living‚ or bringing about a personal growth. They do this through discussions and interactions with the therapist. Biomedical Therapy– relies on drugs‚ medications‚ and medical procedures to improve psychological functioning. Therapies Brochure BY:
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current knowledge about cognitive disorders requires a compassionate understanding of the client and family. Nursing interventions are focused on protecting patient dignity‚ preserving functional status‚ and promoting quality of life for cognitively impaired clients. There are three main cognitive disorders: delirium‚ dementia‚ and amnestic disorder. Cognitive disorder not otherwise specified is a category defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders‚ fourth edition‚ text revision
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APA Format Cheat Sheet General Document Guidelines Hint: Use an APA template! | Marginsp. 229 | 1” at the top‚ bottom‚ left‚ and right of every page | Spacingp. 229 | Double space entire paper—no extra spaces (exception: a heading by itself at the bottom of a page—move heading to next page) | Alignment p. 229 | Flush left (not justified--right margin should be uneven) | Typefacep. 228 | 12-pt Times New Roman | Paragraphs and Indentations p. 87; 229 | 1. Indent the first
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