Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Borderline Personality Disorder People with borderline personality disorder can be challenging to treat‚ because of the nature of the disorder. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) can be defined as a mental health condition in which a person has long-term patterns of unstable or turbulent emotions (US National Library of Medicine‚ 2013). They are often difficult to keep in therapy‚ frequently fail to respond to therapeutic efforts and make considerable demands
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Psychology Essay The biological approach suggests that AN is due a physical cause‚ suggesting it could be due to something within the body or brain; such as hypothalamus dysfunction or an imbalance of neurotransmitters. The hypothalamus dysfunction theory would suggest that animals have a “set weight” which is correct for their body‚ if this weight should increase or decrease then the body should make adjustments to regulate food intake to their “set weight”. The hypothalamus is thought to have
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family and couple therapy for mood disorders Behaviourally-inspired couple therapy approaches have been used for some time and have proved to be effective with patients suffering from depression. A number of RCTs of marital therapy as a treatment for depression have been conducted (e.g. O’Leary & Beach‚ 1990; Jacobson et al‚ 1991; Emanuels-Zuurveen & Emmelkamp‚ 1996; Baucom et al‚ 1998). Interpersonal systems therapy (Gottlieb & Colby‚ 1987) and conjoint interpersonal therapy (Klerman et al‚ 1984)
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Outline and Evaluate biological therapies for the treatment of abnormality Drug therapy is the main treatment for mental disorders and is based on the assumption that chemical imbalance is at the root of the problem. One type of drug is anti-anxiety drugs (e.g.‚ minor tranquillizers called BZs such as Valium. These have a calming effect by inhibiting the nervous system and causing muscles to relax. BZs work by enhancing the action of the chemical messenger GABA‚ which acts to calm brain activity
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Biological Psychology Biology is the study of all living things whereas psychology deals with the way these living things behave and react to external and internal stimuli. Biological psychology is the study of how a person’s psyche or behavioral characteristics are influenced by biological reasons found inside the brain or central nervous system. Understanding of this field relies on extensive knowledge of the functioning of the brain and nervous system and of difference psychological disorders
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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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Discuss the role of endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers in biological rhythms A rhythm is something that is regularly repeated e.g. eating several times a day. These rhythms are repeated over different intervals and they are governed by both internal (endogenous) and external (exogenous) factors. An endogenous pacemaker is something internal that sets the rhythm‚ and an exogenous zeitgeber is something external that affects / sets the rhythm e.g. light. A biological rhythm that
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Discuss two or more psychological explanations for institutional aggression. The importation model is a dispositional theory which states that an individual would bring in – import – characteristics from outside of prison which lead them to be aggressive in daily life. This then leads to aggression while incarcerated. Cheeseman said that men have a certain way of behaving‚ probably why they ended up in prison to begin with‚ which they then apply to their new setting. Irwin and Cressey found 3 subcultures
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Discuss biological factors in the formation and development of gender roles. As people grow older they began to develop more complex ideas about gender. This includes their sense of gender identity as well as their knowledge of gender roles. Gender identity is one’s sense of being male or female. By the age of two‚ most children can correctly label their own or another person’s sex or gender. Between the ages of 3 1/2 to 7‚ children grasp be at the idea that a person’s biological characteristics
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characteristics- this part only requires you to know symptoms(so no evaluation) You need to know: Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterised by a split between thinking and emotion. How long symptoms need to last for someone to be diagnosed(the DSM and ICD have different times) How many positive and negative symptoms someone needs to be diagnosed and a few examples of each Two sub-types of Schizophrenia and 3-4 symptoms of each subtype. Exam questions: Likely to be 5 marks. 1) Outline Clinical
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