Biological Approach Bipolar Disorder “The biological approach looks for its roots of mental disorders in the brain’s circuitry.” (Kowalski‚ R.‚ & Westen‚ D.) When using the biological approach the mental health professional is looking for problem with how a person brain is functioning. It is their belief that it is more of a medical cause for a person’s problems. The brain is studied to see if it is functioning proper and if it is not what the possible causes may be. It is known that different
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Analysis Humanistic and existential approaches have made a huge impact pertaining to behavior‚ changing the focus of psychological standpoints. It started off where the focus was centered on the cause of behaviors then altered to the individual itself. Both humanistic and existential approaches are centered on the present and future involving experiences rather than the experiences that have happened in the past causing the current mental state in individuals. The theoretical approach of humanistic
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Person Centered Therapy: A Humanistic Approach to Care Person Centered Therapy: A Humanistic Approach to Care A humanistic approach to care can also be viewed as an existentialist view. According to Corey (2009)‚ as humans we are capable of self-awareness‚ which is the distinctive capacity that allows us to reflect and to decide. In person centered/humanistic therapy the nurse utilizes communication that ensures each individual experiences the presence of the nurse
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Difference Between Humanistic Geography and Positivistic Approach There are definite differences between positivism and humanistic methods that geographers use. Positivism‚ which has it’s roots in quantitative theories‚ excludes the human element and includes such fundamentals as cumulative data. Humanistic geography has it’s roots in qualitative procedures and focuses on the combination of research with the people. Positivism is a rigorous and formal way to collect and analyze data that was developed
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Depression‚ also called depressive disorder. It is both a disorder and a state of mind. This disorder affects the way you think‚ feel‚ and the way you act. Depression can distort your thinking. “Depression is a hidden illness‚” Jeremy Copland‚ professor of psychiatry at SUNY downstate in New York‚ people can be upbeat and appear to be happy but struggling. Depression is diagnosed usually by a doctor who will conduct an exam by asking specific questions or by doing a lab test which requires some
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Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality Jesse Ruffin PSY/250 August 1‚ 2014 University of Phoenix Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality Personality is complex‚ and each ’s personality characteristics are unique. Personality has been studied and explained over the years from the likes of Freud‚ Jung‚ Adler‚ and countless other psychologist and is directly linked to Maslow ’s theories of biological and humanistic approaches to personality. We will examine the attachment
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Stress Disorder – Treating our heroes Linda A. Smith Liberty University Abstract Combat veterans and active duty service members who have suffered mild to severe traumatic brain injury or head trauma are at a higher risk for the development of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder post-deployment. Research has revealed that treating the soldier immediately after the injury with pharmacotherapeutic agents significantly reduces the risk that the soldier will develop post-traumatic stress disorder at
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research paper discusses major depression and dysthymia but mentions the various other forms of depressions. Major depression has many names that it can be referenced by: unipolar disorder‚ major depressive disorder and clinical depression. It all means the same thing; this type of depression is when the person’s disorder interferes with their everyday life. This makes it difficult for a person to work‚ sleep‚ study‚ eat‚ and enjoy activities that they once liked. Major depression last longer than
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What is Metaphon? Metaphon as a treatment approach was first developed in 1980s by Janet Howell and Elizabeth Dean when they noticed that the use of minimal pairs contrasts was not giving the necessary changing in the child’s phonological system‚ this led them to question the metaphonological skills of those children‚ which means ‘What do children with phonological disorders know about sounds’?. From this point‚ Metaphon approach was developed to target phonological processes mainly by the
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Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality PSY 250 October 20‚ 2013 Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality Personality is defined as the pattern of collective character‚ behavioral‚ emotional‚ temperamental‚ and mental traits of a person (The Free Dictionary‚ 2013). In this paper the writer will discuss Abraham Maslow (1971)‚ a humanistic psychologist‚ hierarchy of needs theory and how it is said to influence human personality. She will also cover some biological
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