A phobia is an irrational fear‚ a kind of anxiety disorder in which the sufferer has a relentless dread of a situation‚ living creature‚ place or thing. People with a phobia go to great lengths to avoid a perceived danger which is much greater in their minds than in real life. If confronted with the source of their phobia‚ the person will suffer enormous distress‚ which can interfere with their normal function; it can sometimes lead to total panic. For some people‚ even thinking about their phobia
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Agoraphobia Agoraphobia is a type of panic disorder‚ which is though to affect between 1 and 7 percent of the population. This phobia accounts for roughly 60% of people suffering from phobias. This disorder is the fear of being somewhere hard to escape‚ or where help cannot reach you‚ when panic strikes. For instance someone with agoraphobia may fear a very crowded party‚ or a vast empty area. Someone having a panic attack in a certain situation generally causes agoraphobia. After having the
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Adrian Quintero Effects of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Anxiety in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial Doesn’t the name of this article just make you want to figure out what it’s going to be about? It did for me and after seeing the name of this study I found myself more than interested. Going into this paper I had no idea of what to write about. When I seen the title of this study‚ I immediately wanted to find out more about what cognitive-behavioral
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mental ill health 1 Mood disorders Mood disorder covers all types of depression . Some people are prone to suffering depression during winter when the days are shorter. Bipolar disorder is a condition that affects your moods which can change from one extreme to another this can range from a euphoric mania to a deep low depression these highs and lows can be so extreme that they interfere with day to day life Personality disorders People who suffer from personality disorders usually have chronic interpersonal
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1. In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs‚ explain his theories. Believed that these needs are similar to instincts and play a major role in motivating behavior. Physiological‚ security‚ social‚ and esteem needs are deficiency needs (also known as D-needs)‚ meaning that these needs arise due to deprivation. Satisfying these lower-level needs is important in order to avoid unpleasant feelings or consequences. 2. In Maslow’s self- actualization‚ explain the human needs. Self-actualization is also characterized
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health disorder (Taras & Young). This is an astounding amount of children who affected by these issues. Given the significant effects these disorders can have on people‚ it is necessary that those with mental health issues receive proper care. However‚ there are an astounding number of children who are not getting the treatment they need. It is reported that out of all children who suffer from mental health issues‚ only twenty-one percent of them receive the necessary
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I. AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER * Characterized by pervasive pattern of social discomfort and reticence‚ low self-esteem‚ and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation (Videbeck‚ 2006). * Although shy‚ they are not asocial and show great desire for companionship‚ but they need unusually strong guarantees of uncritical acceptance. Such persons are commonly described as having an “inferiority complex.” Epidemiology It occurs to 0.5% to 1 % of the general population and in 10% of the clinical
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Atypical Child and Adolescent Development Fall 2011 - Study Guide for Midterm Chapters 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9 Chapter 6 - Conduct Disorder – Be familiar with the following concepts and disorders: • Differentiate conduct disorder from oppositional defiant disorder in terms of age‚ symptoms‚ severity of symptoms‚ age of onset‚ and prognosis.- conduct disorder (childhood) will display one symptom before the age of 10‚ symptoms- repetitive‚ persistent pattern of severe aggressive and antisocial acts: inflicting
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Importance of personality Some view it as the bedrock of humanity -- the wellspring of human activities Highly linked to mental and physical health and well being Highly linked to satisfaction and quality of life Associated with occupational and social success Freuds contemporaries focused more on relationships with early caregivers and on defense mechanisms people use to exist in the world Psychodynamic Perspective Personality is driven by activity between mental processes -- designed to satisfy
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Running head: HUMOR AND ITS EFFECTS ON ANXIETY DISORDERS 1 Humor and Its Effects on Anxiety Disorders The University of Vermont Abstract The purpose of this study was to evaluate humor as an alternative treatment for anxiety disorders. The hypothesis was that the continuous
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