different‚ and a number of things can play a role in the levels of various neurotransmitters in the brain‚ and how those chemicals affect the brain’s function. It is believed that difference in brain chemistry may explain a variety of behavioral disorders and phenomena. Neurotransmitters: The synapse is the connection between nerve cells (neurons) in animals including humans. The synapse joins the axons in one neuron to the dendrites in another. The diagram shows how the synapse connects
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Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development details eight different stages describing a healthy human’s development from infancy to late adulthood. Each stage presents a new conflict between a biological and sociocultural force. Successful negotiation of these forces results in the individual moving the next stage with the favored attribute. Mastery of each stage’s challenges isn’t necessary to advance to the next stage but unconquered challenges are likely to reappear in the future. Almost
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Many disorders are associated with overeating. To begin‚ the Binge Eating Disorder is the most commonly found overeating disease‚ affecting about 3% of American adults (“Binge Eating Disorder‚” 2008). This disorder is attributed to being caused by depression‚ unhealthy dieting‚ emotional problems‚ and substance abuse (“Binge Eating Disorder‚” 2008). Psychologically‚ this affects one’s emotions‚ causing this disorder to spur‚ and eventually causing overeating and obesity. Another disorder psychologically
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Gender‚ Race‚ & Class: Examining the Culture of Eating Disorders Sturman 2 Gender‚ Race‚ & Class: Examining the Culture of Eating Disorders I delivered a presentation on eating disorders to a racially‚ economically‚ and culturally diverse group of ten Northeastern University male and female students in a seminar. I asked the group to shout out a description of what type of person they thought would have an eating disorder. They all agreed‚ “Girl‚ wealthy‚ obsessed with pop culture‚ and white
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TOSHIBA Emotional Eating [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] 1. Introduction a. What is emotional eating? “Emotional eating is using food to make yourself feel better-eating to fill emotional needs‚ rather than eating to fill your stomach” (2013‚ Smith and Segal). b. Recognizing what
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Healthy Eating Rose Nyland Comm/156 December 1‚ 2000 Kim Holzhauer Are you aware of the many affects that healthy eating can have on your health and wellness? Benefits of a healthy diet include a strengthened immune system; improved body weight‚ energy and physical strength; improved emotional health and extended life expectancy (McLaughlin‚ 2011). It’s important to make wise decisions about the foods that we eat. The way we look at food and our food choices affects our health. Maintaining
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Stages of Life Paper Adult Development & Psychotherapy I believe that adult development theory is not sufficiently emphasized in our psychology and counseling training schools. This is unfortunate‚ because I believe it offers a unique and helpful perspective to the task of psychotherapy. Because I wish to offer to my prospective patients some idea of the importance of this topic‚ and how it informs my clinical practice‚ I offer below a synopsis of the theory and its development. In a
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Psychosexual stage | Age | Erogenous zone | Activities | Oral stage | 0-1 | Mouth and lips | Eating‚ sucking | Anal stage | 2-3 | Anus | Defecating-toilet training | Phallic stage | 4-6 | Genitals | Oedipus and Electra complex | Latency stage | 7-12 | Sexual impulsesLie dormant | Going to school‚ play | Genital stage | 13 onwards | Genitals | Heterosexual relationships | Psychosocial crisis | Age | virtues | Trust vs. mistrust | 0-2 | Hope and optimism |
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Kaelinh Trinh December 10‚ 2014 Mrs. Craig Title of Speech – Eating Disorders: Our Society Slowly Killing Itself Thesis: To persuade my R110 audience so that they agree to sign a petition urging Indiana’s State Representatives to join the National Eating Disorders Awareness Caucus in order to spread awareness for eating disorders by persuading them that eating disorders are a rising problem among college students‚ that there is a solution‚ and that there are benefits of adopting this solution.
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other eating disorders are long-term illnesses that are caused by an obsession of a certain body type‚ a certain image‚ and/or dieting. It usually leads to mental illness‚ like depression. This is a huge problem for teenage girls in the U.S. Eleven million people in the U.S. have an eating disorder‚ and you wouldn’t suspect it by their physical appearance. The major types of eating disorders‚ and symptoms‚ and behaviors to look for are: anorexia‚ bulimia‚ binge eating and compulsive over eating. But
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