Depression PSY 270 9/27/09 Unipolar and bipolar disorders are both mood disorders that feature depression; however‚ there is a significant difference between the two. Unipolar disorder is basically an episode of depression that lasts for at least two weeks. Its symptoms include a depressed mood and noticeable loss of interest in activities one used to enjoy. The person may feel empty or sad‚ dejected‚ agitated‚ anxious‚ tearful‚ angry‚ or humiliated. These feelings last for long periods of
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Portfolio Presentation Megan Libey PSY 490 Dr. Dennis Plunkett Introduction This presentation will go over the various theories that many humans are taught. The theories in the presentation have contributed to the field of psychology over many years‚ and new ideas‚ data and collection over materials will make the theories continue to grow with new knowledge that will be learned. The presentation will also touch base on what was important to my learning and how I utilized these in everyday
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Outline and evaluate psychological explanations for schizophrenia (24) One psychological explanation of SZ was put forward by Bateson et al (1956) who looked at childhood as a base for developing SZ‚ for example the interactions children have with their mothers. His explanation‚ the Double Bind theory‚ states that schizophrenia can occur due to conflicting messages given from parents to their children‚ for example when a parent expresses care but does so in a critical way. This means that the child
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cognitive behavioral therapy for positive symptoms of schizophrenia have demonstrated its effectiveness in reducing hallucinations or delusions. In schizophrenia “negative symptoms’ refer to a reduction of normal functioning‚ and it encompasses apathy‚ anhedonia‚ flat effect‚ avolition‚ social withdrawal‚ and‚ sometimes‚ psychomotor retardation. The purpose of this study is the idea that Anhedonia is a challenging symptom of schizophrenia and remains largely recalcitrant to current pharmacological
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The Faces Interactive website lets us take a look at what it really means to be diagnosed with schizophrenia‚ instead of the many misinterpreted beliefs that are associated with this disorder. Under the Diagnostic Overview tab‚ it is explained that this disorder has positive and negative symptoms. As mentioned in under the tab‚ the two most common positive symptoms include Delusions and Hallucinations. Often times‚ we might confuse the two‚ but they each hold very different definitions. Faces Interactive
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Schizophrenia is a disabling‚ chronic psychiatric disorder that affects around 1-4 % of the worldwide population (Ho‚ Black &Andereasen‚ 2003) and is one of the mental disorders that least understood although it is one of the most researched disorder. Many researchers in this field neglect the fact that schizophrenia commonly begins at late adolescence as psychosis (Howard et al.‚ 2000). Poulton et al. (2002) study was the first in psychosis literature that found continuity between adolescence psychosis
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because of overdose of Sodium Valproate & Seroquel‚ and self-inflicted cuts to both wrists. He has been under observation and treatment by Community Treatment Order (CTO). According to Roger’s Psychiatrist Dr Joshua McArthur‚ he is suffering from Schizophrenia Disorder and has been patient of him for 3 years. During that time period‚ his condition remained quite fragile due to abuse of amphetamine. Roger was under Dr Joshua’s treatment for four weeks admitted to Woodbridge House in February 2014.
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Final project: Case study 2 Axia College University of Phoenix Psy 210 Case Study #2 Michael is a 40-year-old airline pilot who has recently begun to experience chest pains. The chest pains began when Michael signed his final divorce papers‚ ending his 15-year marriage. He
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Midterm Essay ExaminationMidterm Essay Examination1.Describe the basic functioning of a neuron beginning with receiving signals from other neurons or sense organs and ending with the transmission of a signal to another neuron. Explain how a pattern of neuron firing is related to behavior. Neurons are information- processing units in the central nervous system that receive and transmit information. It is made up of an axon‚ dendrites and a cell body. The nucleus and cytoplasm are contained in the
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The brain is an amazing arrangement. It is the most rigid and interesting part of the human body. It is like a computer that controls every part of the body. The brain consist of many millions of neurons cells that support the brain system this is called Glial cells (Pinel 2011 p.55) The neurons in the brain process information and these are the nervous system communication device. Neurons can be broken down into four structures. These are soma‚ the cell body which shields and protect the nucleus
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