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    References: A Safe Place - Lake County Crisis Center. Accessed October 13‚ 2010 http://www.asafeplaceforhelp.org/batteredwomenstatistics.html Friedan‚ Betty‚ and Anna Quindlen. The feminine mystique. W.W Norton & Company‚ 2001 Helplessness‚ 1988. Lexington‚ Mass.: Lexington Books. and Motherhood: The Case of Angelina Napolitano‚ 1911–1922 . Canadian Historical Review. 72.4 (1991): 505-531. Print Noonan‚ S Criminal Defences (or (re)inscribing the Familiar." (1996): 198. Web. October

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    Depression Outline the Clinical characteristics of depression (2 key characteristics plus 5 further symptoms) Depression is a low emotional mood‚ characterised a significant levels of sadness‚ lost of energy and self-worth‚ and feeling of guilt. The diagnosis of major depression requires the presence of at least 5 or more the following symptoms. Affective symptoms: sad‚ depressed mood‚ and feeling low Cognitive symptom: e.g. feeling of guilty about any mistakes‚ and thinking themselves as worthless

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    literal meaning of the title is opposite from the meaning of the story. When most people hear the phrase "May Day"‚ the first thought cross mind is the French Word M’aider‚ which means help‚ however‚ during the story‚ mayday is not the help; it is a helplessness and hopelessness. In a word‚ the literal meaning of Heart of Darkness tells the reader is about darkness‚ but in the story the resource of darkness is love‚ which is from light side. And May Day in general meaning is help‚ however‚

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    DEPRESSION BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS * GENETICS (McGuffin & Kendler) * BIOCHEMICAL FACTORS (Amine Hypothesis) PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS - PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORIES (Freud) - COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THEORY (Seligman & Maier) – Learned Helplessness and Attributional style - BEHAVIOURAL THEORY (Lewinsohn) -COGNITIVE THEORY (Beck) THERAPIES FOR DEPRESSIONS BIOLOGICAL THERAPIES * DRUGS (Monoamine-oxidase inhibitors & Tricyclic etc.) * ECT PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES

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    Theories of Personality Psychoanalytic perspective is based on Sigmund Frued perspectives about early experiences it focuses on the importance of the unconscious mind which contains thoughts‚ wishes‚ feelings and memories/past experiences in which we are unaware of. The id operates on the pleasure principle by satisfying basic urges‚ needs‚ and desires. Ego operates on the reality principle‚ satisfies the id’s desires in ways that it will cause pleasure instead of pain. Superego strives

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    The Cycle of Violence In his autobiography‚ Fist‚ Stick‚ Knife‚ Gun‚ Geoffrey Canada exposes the reader to numerous types of violence witnessed while growing up in South Bronx‚ a subaltern community in New York. The slum is full of lower class individuals who are in a constant struggle for power‚ acceptance and safety. The book begins by discussing his childhood and how he had to learn the codes and behaviors accepted in his neighborhood and his place in the hierarchy of the street. Each block

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    Workplace Motivation Kelly M. Giminiani PSY/320 - Human Motivation August 4‚ 2014 Bernadette Tjarks‚ Ph. D. Workplace Motivation Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) is the second largest provider of video‚ high-speed data‚ and voice services in the United States. The organization connects over 15 million customers and employs over 50‚000 people (Time Warner Cable‚ Inc.‚ 2014). Rob Marcus‚ Chairman and CEO understands the commitment and importance of Time Warner Cable. "Across our footprint‚ we have built

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    Behavioral learning theory articulates that people cannot control negative circumstances‚ which leads them to feel helpless and makes them stop trying to change the situation for the good. This helplessness turns into a feeling of hopelessness which can also be termed as learned helplessness. The cognitive approach tries to explain that thoughts and beliefs contribute to the feeling of hopelessness. Automatic negative thoughts replicate illogical self-defeating beliefs‚ and these habitual

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    There is anecdotal support suggesting that having attended an Indian boarding school may be associated with psychological dysfunction for some students. Charles Brasfield‚ a counselor for American Indian clients in British Colombia‚ identified a common symptomology among survivors of Indian residential schools‚ which he calls "residential school syndrome." The effects include: distressing recollections‚ recurrent disturbing dreams of residential school‚ a sense of reliving the experiences had there

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    Cognitive factors contribute to mood disorders. Psychologists suggest that depression is a direct reaction to learned helplessness. Learned helplessness is the anticipation that life’s events are uncontrollable and the individual has no way of escape. As a result‚ people surrender to events which produce depression. Also‚ theorists suggest that depression derives from learned helplessness and the expectation that negative events are unavoidable (Feldman‚ 2013). The Cognitive theory of depression

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