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How LSD Affects the Brain
Brain
Drugs
Neuron
Neuroscience
Perception
psychiatry
Sense
lsdLSDLongo-VegaTo understand the ways that LSD affect the brain we must first discuss how the brain sends signals to the body. In the brain and the brain stem there are special cells called neurons. Neurons release a number of chemicals that are sent to various receptors. The receptors interpret chemical signals and use them to…
Trial of Problem Solving and Depression Treatment
Major depressive disorder
Nursing
psychiatry
Statistics
Therapy
Subject Research Critique of “Randomized controlled trial of problem solving treatment, antidepressant medication, and combined treatment for major depression in primary care” As stated by the Royal College of Nursing (1993), nurses should be able to expand their knowledge and skilled to initiate changes in their practice through reviewing and evaluating research studies. The foundation…
A reflective CBT Assignment
Clinical Psychology
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Neuroscience
Positive Psychology
psychiatry
Therapy
In this assignment, I will provide a reflective account of my intervention with a client who for the purpose of this assignment and anonymity will be known as E. I will look at processes through which my developments in knowledge, skills and attitudes will be looked at in terms of the intervention over several sessions….
Sherwood Anderson’s “The Egg” Analysis
Clinical Psychology
Human development
psychiatry
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalytic Theory
Sigmund Freud
Sherwood Anderson’s “The Egg” is a work that. viewed through the eyes of Freud. would hold the theory of the three-party mind. The chief character’s position of his male parent and female parent inter play absolutely with Oedipal mentions. The character’s position of life in general is affected by his early childhood remembrances and experiences….
Time Travel: Third Level Analysis
Hypnosis
psychiatry
Psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
Thought
He realizes that something is different there as the people are dressed differently and the area is lit not with the electric light of the modern times but with open gas fires. He suddenly makes the discovery that he has somehow entered the year 1894. he sees the date on the news paper ‘The World’…
The Case of Eric Smith
Abuse
Anger
Mental Disorder
Murder
Prosecutor
psychiatry
Eric Smith was 13 years old in 1993 when he brutally murdered 4 year-old Derrick Robie. The nature of the crime was horrific, which included battering Robie with rocks and sodomizing him with a fallen tree branch. Smith’s continued and strangely joyful involvement in the investigation eventually led him to confess to the murder. …
For and Against CBT
Clinical Psychology
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Neuroscience
psychiatry
Therapy
Introduction The aims of this essay are to critically evaluate the arguments for and against Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). I will explore the theory of CBT comparing it to other approaches and the strengths and limits of the approach. I will then focus on the therapeutic relationship and issues of power. I will then critically…
Rogers identifies three core conditions
Clinical Psychology
Health Care
psychiatry
Self Esteem
Social work
Therapy
Rogers identifies three core conditions. Describe and analyse each condition and explain its contribution in creating and developing an effective relationship. This essay will look at the three core conditions identified by Carl Rogers. They are Empathy, congruence, and unconditional positive regard. He first identified these in the 50s. They went on to become the…
The Therapeutic Frame
Autonomy
Clinical Psychology
Mental Disorder
Mind
Neuroscience
psychiatry
The therapeutic frame refers to the fundamental guidelines within which psychotherapy is conducted. Psychodynamic therapists are especially concerned with formulating the therapeutic frame to create a predictable and safe psychological and physical space for conducting therapy (Howard, 2009). It is imperative to have this space in counselling as it has been proven to optimise the…
Case Conceptualization
Adolescence
Aggression
Anger
Clinical Psychology
Human development
psychiatry
Identifying Information Giuseppe is a 14-year-10 month-old, Latino male in the 8th grade referred for counseling through AB3632 from Hollywood Senior high School under the Los Angeles Unified School District. Giuseppe’s school counselor indicates Giuseppe has difficulty controlling his anger towards peers. She also shares that Giuseppe fights with his peers leading to a suspension…
description | Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions. See glossary of psychiatry. |
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quotations | “Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.” “Imagine a society that subjects people to conditions that make them terribly unhappy then gives them the drugs to take away their unhappiness. “I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. |
information | Medical societies: American Psychiatric Association Path to fellowship: Child and adolescent psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry Subspecialities: Child and adolescent psychiatry, Psychosomatic medicine, Forensic Psychiatry Residency length (years): 4 Total active physicians: 37,296 (2015) Average salary: 227,478 USD (2015) Psychiatrists: Melvin Sabshin 1925–2011, Sigmund Freud 1856–1939, Michael First, Allen Frances, |