Psychological Disorder Analysis October 30‚ 2011 PSY/270 Marla is a 42-year-old Hispanic female who comes to the mental health clinic complaining of having trouble sleeping‚ feeling “jumpy all of the time‚” and experiencing an inability to concentrate. These symptoms cause problems for her at work‚ where she is an accountant. As a psychiatrist I would need to diagnose Marla with the proper disorder‚ explain information about the diagnosis‚ and discuss possible treatments with her. It would
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Psychological Therapies For Depression The Psychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy PIT was first developed by Robert Hobson (1985) as an attempt to move away from the traditional psychoanalytic approach of a one-sided relationship between therapist and client. It was originally called the ‘conversational model’ to emphasise the fact that the mutual task of therapist and client was to engage in a therapeutic ‘conversation’. In this ‘conversation’ problems are not only talked about as past events
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American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington‚ DC: Author. Link to the APA Manual at Amazon.com: Paperback $22.00. Doc ’s Review of this latest edition of the APA Manual.Bargain Sixth Edition! The latest edition of the APA Publication Manual has cut a total of 166 pages of text over to the last edition. Gone in the process is the old chapter 6‚ "Material Other Than Journal Articles‚" which was very useful to students
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Applied Psychological Perspectives The psychodynamic approach was associated with a man called Sigmund Freud‚ this man believed that the brain was split into 3 parts‚ just like an ice-burg. At the tip of the ice burg where everybody can see‚ is the “Conscious” part of the brain‚ this holds thoughts and perceptions. The “Pre Conscious” level is where memories‚ feelings and past experiences are locked up in our mind but often let out‚ this holds memories and easily accessed knowledge. The
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Psychological Disorders Analysis UOPX PSY/270 February 2‚ 2013 Instructor: Renee Green The world of abnormal psychology is filled with many different types of disorders‚ symptoms‚ and treatment options. Today‚ I will be working with Roger‚ a middle-aged accountant living in San Francisco‚ California who experienced a car wreck a few months ago. He has been experiencing shakiness‚ breathlessness‚ heat flashes‚ and nightmares. He has been trying to cope with the symptoms that he is experiencing
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III – Psychology CP04 THE MOVIE “BLACK SWAN” ANALYSIS I. SUMMARY Black Swan is a story about an aspiring ballet dancer‚ Nina‚ who dreamt of playing the role of the Swan Queen in the play Swan Lake. Swan Lake is a ballet play in which a princess is turned into the White Swan and can only be turned back if a man swears eternal love to her. In the ballet‚ she is betrayed by the Black Swan‚ the evil magician’s daughter whom the magician has transformed to look exactly like the princess in order
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When comparing the ancient Greek creation myth of Prometheus and the Judaeo-Christian Adam and Eve story we find some striking similarities in both of them. Analyzing Hesiod’s Theogony and other sources we come to the conclusion that the old Greek religion did not include a direct link as to the creation of the humans. They just co-existed with the Gods. Maybe they sprang from Gaea herself‚ it is not certain. Other sources for the creation of man‚ point to Zeus giving the task of creating
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Macbeth: The Psychological Perspective Humans are always thought to be evil or moral‚ when in reality every human has two sides. William Shakespeare frequently wrote about people with two sides. In Macbeth‚ alone‚ there are many characters with an evil and moral side including the main character‚ Macbeth. Long before psychology became the study of human behavior‚ Shakespeare created a very realistic character‚ Macbeth‚ a man who struggles with inner conflict and moral dilemmas.
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An overview of six psychological perspectives Psychodynamic perspective Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) developed a theory of the human mind that emphasised the interaction of biological drives with the social environment. Freud’s theory emphasises the power of early experience to influence the adult personality. Freud’s theories are called Psychodynamic theories. Psychodynamic refers to the broad theoretical model for explaining mental functioning. ‘Psycho’ means mind or spirit and ‘dynamic’ means
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Behaviourism Psychological Theories Operant Conditioning Operant Conditioning is a type of learning which is modified due to the consequences of something that happens. This learning theory is based around a theory created by Skinner. Skinner invented a chamber where he kept pigeons and rats. In order for his theory to be successful the animals had to perform simple responses‚ Skinner recorded their responses by a graph monitor‚ the details that he recorded were how many times they responded correctly
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