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    Trypanophobia

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    Have you ever wondered what the medical name of this fear is? This phobia is called trypanophobia. I know that this phobia is caused by past experiences‚ and I know some of the symptoms can range from crying‚ to becoming extremely aggressive towards practitioners. I also know that no one enjoys injections or any procedure that requires a needle‚ but most people at least tolerate it. Is the only way to have this phobia through experience‚ or are their other ways? This paper will go over‚ its effects

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    Sonia is well suited for the Cognitive Behavioral approach. Cognitive behavior therapy also known as CBT integrates elements of two therapeutic approaches. It combines aspects of Behavior Therapy‚ which was developed‚ by Wolpe and his colleagues with aspects of Cognitive Therapy‚ which was developed by Aaron Beck in the early 1960s. The interesting fact is that CBT took birth while Beck was researching on depression and it was not until later that it became a popular approach for other psychological

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    Final Project: Psychological Disorder Analysis PSY/270 December 2‚ 2012 Miles Castle Marla is a 42 year old Hispanic female accountant‚ that has complaints of trouble sleeping‚ feeling jumpy all the time‚ and unable to concentrate. With these symptoms it is causing her issues at work. There are several disorders that Marla could be suffering from but‚ it seems to be that one stands out from the rest. Post-Traumatic Disorder also known as PTSD‚ this is caused when a person experiences something

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    EMDR-Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Jenny Rasmussen SWK 100 Even though‚ the investigations on the subject of inevitability of the component of eye movement is indecisive currently‚ “Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)” is a psycho-therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)‚ which has obtained substantial pragmatic legalization (Carlson et al‚1998). Though‚ regardless of the experimental corroboration‚ perplexity is still present in the prose on the subject

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    Chapter 6 Notes I. Learning about Stimuli: - Habituation: form of adaptive learning in which an organism stops paying attention to an unchanging‚ often repeated stimuli II. Classical Conditioning (C.C.) ( Learning through Associations: A. Pavlov - First demonstrated CC with experiments with dogs 1. 3 Phases i. Natural stimulus causes a natural reflex or response (unlearned ii. Neutral stimulus and the natural stimulus are repeatedly

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    counseling technique in which the counselor intensifies the client’s emotional state in order to help the client understand the irrationality of the emotional reaction is known as: Paradoxical Intention Reconfiguration Confrontation Systematic Desensitization

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    Phobias: * Behavioral therapy * i/ Systematic desensitization: hierarchical set of fear situations related to phobic stimulus‚ and training in muscle relaxation. Choy 2007 can reduce anxiety but not necessarily the avoiding behavior. When effective‚ the benefits are long lasting. Benefit over drugs

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    physical state‚ but also the mental state‚ as is shown when O’Brien introduces the character Mary Anne Bell in chapter nine. The corruption that war brought to an individual’s life led to an altered view of morality and Innocence‚ as well as the desensitization of an individual. The Innocence of an individual was easily corrupted by war‚ the sights and events faced by a person had the ability to change even the strongest of minds. When Mary Anne arrived at the camp‚ she was fascinated with every

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    Bushman and Anderson describe desensitization best in this passage from their 2009 piece titled Comfortably Numb: “If film is a drug‚ then violent film content might make people “comfortably numb” (borrowing the words of Pink Floyd). Specifically‚ exposure to blood and gore in the media might make people numb to the pain and suffering of others-a process called desensitization. One negative consequence of such physiological desensitization is that it may cause people to be less helpful

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    hPsychological Disorders and Approaches to Treatment APSS 111 Teaching Team What is Abnormal Behavior? • Some leading definitions about what is considered abnormal: • Deviance  »Deviate from normative behaviors in our society / culture • Maladaptive Behavior  »Impair the person’s normal functioning  • Personal Distress • A continuum  perspective to  understanding  abnormality Classification of Psychological Disorders • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – 4th Ed.  (Text Revision) (DSM IV‐TR)

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