practice as a low cost alternative treatment to antidepressant drugs. Individuals with depression‚ a mood disorder‚ are found to have low levels of neurotransmitters (Schildkraut‚ Green & Mooney‚ 1985) and were traditionally treated with selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs). According to NHS statistics‚ SSRIs were prescribed more than ten million times in 2000‚ the most popular being Prozac and Seroxat. As these medicines were proving so successful‚ why should being able to talk to someone
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Wounded Veterans English 101 Effective Essay Writing October 7‚ 2012 Shawna Rand Wounded Veterans As of December 2009‚ over 3.3 million American troops have been sent overseas into Iraq and Afghanistan alone; 793‚000 of them have been deployed more than once. (Tan‚ 2009) Sadly‚ not all of our troops return home alive and many that do face many challenges ahead. Physical wounds surly do not go unnoticed. They are fairly common in war time situations and are even shown in war movies. They show
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The Mermaid and Her Cluttering Disorder When people think about their favorite childhood movie‚ there are many movies that a person can choose from. For me‚ The Little Mermaid comes to my mind. When asked‚ “What do you want to be when you grow up?”‚ I often remember myself answering the question with the response “A mermaid.” Her beautiful long‚ red‚ hair‚ her outgoing personality‚ and most importantly‚ her extravagant life under the sea made me want to be just like her. Because of my obsession I
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Trichotillomania The Compulsive Hair-Pulling Disorder Madeline Roy Psychology 100 Charlotte Prokop 31 October 2013 Trichotillomania is the compulsive urge to pull out‚ and in some cases eat (Trichophagia)‚ ones hair leading to noticeable hair loss‚ distress‚ and social or functional impairment. The term comes from the Greek words trich (hair)‚ till (pull) and mania (madness). Francois Henry Hallopeau‚ a French Dermatologist‚ coined this term in 1889 after encountering a young
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Critical Thinking Paper In the world of psychology there are many different forms of psychological disorders. Many of these disorders are portrayed in movies‚ television‚ music‚ and in literature. The portrayals of these disorders can be effective in showing the true colors of psychological disorders‚ or they can leave the audience with a false impression. The pop culture event that I studied was the film As Good as it Gets. The film did a good job depicting the disorder of obsessive compulsive
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This essay will review the literature on the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Cognitive Behavioural Therapy was developed by Aaron Beck in the early 1960s and originally it was defined as cognitive therapy (CT). According to Beck (1967‚ 1976) cognitive therapy is a time restricted but structured approach‚ which is used effectively in treatment of many different mental illnesses. Despite the fact that the literature covers this therapy in a variety of contexts‚ this paper will
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Unit 39- Support Use of Medication in Social care Settings A)1.1 The Medicine act 1968 Governs the manufacture & supply of medicines. This requires that the local pharmacist or dispensing doctor is responsible for supplying medication. He or she can only do this on the receipt of a prescription from an authorised person eg a doctor. According to the law (The Medicines Act 1968) medicines can be given by a third party‚ e.g. a suitably-trained care worker‚ to the person that they were intended
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during active duty) are rated on a scale from zero to one hundred percent‚ and the score these injuries/conditions receive determine the services‚ resources‚ and/or benefits one is awarded. Access to Care It is important to understand that all veterans do not have the same ability to re-integrate into civilian life; some succeed while many slip through the cracks. That is why one cannot generalize/categorize the veteran population and put individuals into boxes; one must take this matter case
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“Researchers estimate that 3 to 14 percent of all medical (versus psychiatric) patients have hypochondriasis‚” stated psychologist‚ Dr. Paul Moglia (Moglia 2). According to HopkinsDepression.com‚ “The condition . . . is a chronic anxiety disorder characterized by a preoccupation with being or becoming seriously ill despite evidence to the contrary (“Hypochondria: Is It All in Your Head?” 58).” Hypochondriasis‚ a mental psychological disorder‚ consists of genetic‚ self-inflicted‚ and surrounding
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a common mental illness in which people feel burdened by unwanted thoughts or forced to repeat troublesome actions. This disorder can become evident during adulthood‚ but is most common to appear during adolescence. When this disorder appears during those stages of life it is known as Pediatric OCD and it usually manifests itself between the ages of 7-12‚ through the obsession‚ compulsion‚ and it slowly disables a person’s life until they get treatment. I will take
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