Annotated Bibliography and Critique: Massage Therapy September 19th‚ 2012 Introduction The alternative therapy I chose to research was Massage therapy. The Oxford Dictionary of Psychology defines massage therapy as “manual manipulation of soft tissue to promote physical and mental health and well-being. Forms of massage therapy can be traced back to ancient Chinese‚ Egyptian‚ Greek‚ Roman‚ Hindu‚ and Japanese civilizations” (“massage therapy”‚ 2008). I chose to do this topic for my annotated
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Music Therapy 1 Music therapy is the use of music by health care professionals to promote healing and enhance quality of life for their patients. Music therapy may be used to encourage emotional expression‚ promote social interaction‚ relieve symptoms‚ and for other purposes. Music therapists may use active or passive methods with patients‚ depending on the individual patient’s needs and abilities. The idea of music as a healing influence
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Radiation Therapy What is radiation therapy? According to wikipedia Radiation therapy discovered in 1889 also known as radiotherapy‚ radiation oncology‚ or XRT‚ is the medical use of ionizing radiation as a part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells. Radiotherapy may be used for curative or adjuvant cancer treatment‚ with curative being the cure and adjuvant being additional treatment. Radiation therapy can also be used as palliative treatment‚ which is where a cure is not possible and
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Humanistic Therapy Gregg D Black Psychology as a science is not thought of as being integrated. The schools of thought are wide and varied each with their own perceptions. The Humanistic approach to therapy is one that I believe has merit when applied to specific disorders. Humanistic therapy directs the patient to center their attention on their; motivations‚ values‚ emotions and meanings behind their thoughts and actions. The belief is this will bring about a desired change both consciously and
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Existential Therapy Existential therapy helps people who has uncertainties‚ anxiety depression‚ grieve and depression. Problems can distract a person life and essential of living. Sometimes it is hard to become stable possessing core cognitions‚ cognitive distortions thoughts and feeling on how a person views the world and themselves‚ which points out low self-esteem. Cognitive distortions are mainly negative thoughts of self‚ guiltiness that leads to uncertainties emotions and actions
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Gestalt Therapy Gestalt Therapy I. Summary and Integration of Major Concepts Founded by Frederick (Fritz) and Laura Perls in the 1940 ’s‚ Gestalt therapy is a phenomenological - existential methodology which emphasizes experience and experimentation. Gestalt is a German term that means a "complete pattern or configuration" (p. 112). Though there are many modalities and styles in Gestalt therapy‚ it is holistic in its approach uniting mind‚ body‚ and feeling (p. 112). Some concepts at the core
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Assignment: Integrative Problem - Exchange Rate Behavior Data: Beginning of year Spot rate of £ = $1.596 Spot rate of Australian dollar (A$) = $.70 Cross exchange rate: £1=A$2.28 One-year forward rate of £1= A$.71 One-year U.S. interest rate = 8.00% One year British interest rate = 9.09% One-year Australian interest rate = 7.00% Question 1 Determining whether triangular arbitrage is feasible and‚ if so how it should be conducted to make a profit. Background: Triangular arbitrage
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health care system of these illnesses and an effective treatment such as‚ art therapy without medication is a huge undertaking‚ but an important one. Health care industries have argued that not enough evidence has been provided for them to understand how to label
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matter if it has to deal with moving out‚ moving into a dorm for college‚ or even renting an apartment. A roomate can share your expenses and contribute to your home’s maintenance. However‚ there are many ways in which having a roommate can be at a disadvantage. For example‚ privacy‚ shared space and being unreliable can cause big conflicts. Firstly‚ having a roommate will mean that you will sacrifice some privacy. Some activities that may have been enjoyable while living alone can now become akward
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6 main disadvantages of decentralisation (1) The success of decentralization will depend upon the quality of personnel manning the decentralized units. In those cases where the training‚ experience‚ education etc of the employees are inadequate‚ decentralisation of authority and of decision making would be harmful for the enterprise. There will be wrong decisions‚ confusion‚ contradictions etc. (2) Decentralisation becomes uneconomic and unwieldy unless the organisation is large and strong enough
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