Augmentation therapy in treatment-resistant depression – a case report Dr. Sushil Kumar Sompur V* Abstract: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a highly debilitating condition, and utilizes more healthcare costs than many other chronic debilitating disorders. Among patients with depression, MDD seems to be the most debilitating. We report a case of a 75-year-old female patient […]
Attribution Theory on human health behaviors
The analysation of health behavior is grounded on two premises, like in nations where industrialization is more particular, ratio of fatality from main reason of decease is a certain behavior pattern which is changeable (Stroebe and Stroebe 1995). It is now clearly known that people play active part in their health by adapting certain health […]
Attitudes Towards Gambling Behaviour Psychology Essay
Gambling has always tended to capture ambiguous views and opinions in society. This project discusses definitions of gambling, causes, models and treatments for those with gambling problems. The primary data is collected from an online questionnaire which was designed based on previous research, drawing particularly from the 2007 British gambling prevalence survey which was conducted […]
A study on visual object recognition system
Visual object recognition is crucial for our ability to interact with the environment and for our survival. It is not surprising then, that a large percentage of the cortex, extending from the occipital lobe to the parietal and temporal lobes, is devoted to visual processing. The ‘ventral stream’ pathway (also known as the ‘what’ pathway) […]
A study on narrative therapy being emotionally focused
When one imagines a spouse coming home from work there is usually a question asked in the scenario, “how was your day?” Now in the household I grew up that question was usually responded to with a story or anecdote as oppose to a simple “fine” or “bad.” My family has always been emotionally open, […]
The Development of Children’s Scientific Thinking
This research aims to seek further into the concept of flotation and sinking surrounding two participants in varying age relating to the findings of Piaget, Vygotsky and Selley (1993). Piaget’s views are based on constructivism that we learn with age, and Vygotsky’s is based on social constructivism that social interaction is also needed. Selley states […]
Assessment Interviews in Therapy
SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT SOPHIA A. JOHNSON 1. Psychologist in Private Practice Client #1, who is a 28 year old, married, father of a 2 year old and a 6 month old infant, has been referred to our private practice by his office’s free counseling resources. He recently lost a job promotion and also feels overwhelmed […]
A Review Of Literature: Bullying Effects
In this section of my thesis I reviewed articles thematically. Bond, Carlin, Thomas, Rubin, and Patton (2001) establish a relationship between repeated peer bullying and the indication of anxiety and depression in early teen years. A cohort study over a two-year period was done in Victoria, Australia. The participants were 2,680 students surveyed twice in […]
A Report On Offender Profiling Psychology Essay
This definition is controversial as it has clear connotations of ‘informed guesswork’ that has angered those who advocate the view that offender profiling is a scientific and theoretically-informed technique. This disparity of views as to the validity of offender profiling is not limited to the academic and professional world. Unsuccessful attempts at profiling have attracted […]
A Report On Intelligence And Personality Psychology Essay
As a matter of fact, personality and intelligence theories can be divided up into high-factor (including more than 8 factors) and low-factor (including less than 8 factors) theories although it is debatable whether one over-generalises these constructs in doing so. Consequently, it remains questionable whether one will gain sufficient conclusions and benefits from this dissection. […]