Describe and evaluate one or more biological explanations of schizophrenia Research has shown that schizophrenia is heredity and can runs in families. This suggests that genes play a significant role. The closer the genetic relationship the more likely the people are to share the disorder. Evidence from family studies by Gottesman showed that when bothparent are schizophrenic then there is a 46% chance of the child getting it‚ however‚ if only one parent had it‚ it dropped to 17%. This suggests
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Discuss two or more explanations for the success and/or failure of dieting (9+16 marks) Dieting is increasingly popular as people try to fit into the thin western ideal of beauty. Theories for the failure of dieting include the restraint theory‚ while it has been suggested that the key to success is the amount of attention we give to the detail of our food. The restraint theory (Herman and Mack) suggests that restraining our food intake actually increases the risk of overeating‚ which is why many
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Describe and evaluate at least two biological treatments for schizophrenia Biological treatments arise from the medical model of abnormal behaviour‚ which considers mental disorder to be an illness of disease resulting from underlying biological factors. Most people with schizophrenia receive some form of drug therapy. Drug therapy is the most common treatment‚ using antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs aims to help patient function as well as possible and increasing patient’s feelings of well
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“A personalised induction will always be more effective”. Discuss. Every successful hypnotherapy session must have an induction ensuring that the client is relaxed and is in a disassociated state in order fully experience the process. The type of induction used can be dependent on the personal preferences of the therapist or the type of hypnotherapy being undertaken in the session. There has been some debate as to whether a generic induction will be suitable for all clients or as some hypnotherapists
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Attribution is defined as how people interpret and explain causal relationships in the social world. It is designating an outcome to one or more external factors. There are two errors in attribution: The fundamental attribution error and the self- serving bias. The definition of the fundamental attribution error is when people tend to aggrandize the role of dispositional factors (something to do with personal or internal factors) and disparage the situational (something to do with external or
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The main form of biological therapy for schizophrenia is drug therapy. Some drugs are more effective at reducing the positive symptoms such as delusions and hallucination than negative symptoms such as lack of motivation and social withdrawal. There are two main categories of drugs‚ neuroleptic drugs and atypical drugs. Neuroleptic drugs such as Prolixin are conventional drugs that reduce psychotic symptoms but produce some of the symptoms of neurological diseases. These drugs block the activity
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audience otherwise it is likely to not be effective. This is done by using certain language‚ captions and images that may attract certain people The following advertisement was found in ‘The Times’‚ a broadsheet newspaper; it is appealing to a more affluent reader‚ therefore hoping to attract further donations. It aims towards a possibly wealthier reader who may find £15 a month a reasonable amount. The most striking content of the advertisement is the illustration. It has obviously been
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repressed memory of his wife killing their three kids and then teddy killing her. Teddy (Andrew) also has dissociative identify disorder. The evidence for this would be that he is not only Teddy‚ the U.S. Marshal‚ but he is also Andrew‚ the man who killed his wife because she killed their kids. Andrew’s wife suffered from bipolar disorder. Teddy has a phobic disorder towards water. Evidence for this is Teddy getting sick on the boat and the quote from Teddy saying‚ “Pull yourself together Teddy
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Interpersonal therapy in the treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder The World Health Organization (2007) reported 14% of all people aged 16 to 85 years experienced a form of anxiety disorder. In Australia alone‚ 2.3 million Australian was diagnosed with 12-month anxiety disorder and the annual cost of anxiety disorders and other mental illness was estimated at 20 billion dollars (Australian Bureau of Statistics‚ 2008). Given its prevalence‚ development for an effective psychotherapy treatment
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Abnormal Psychology and Therapy If you have an infection‚ you go to the doctor. There are many different treatments for any number of physical illnesses and disorders‚ but what if the illness or disorder is in your mind? For psychology to have any validity as a science‚ research must show there is a common way to think‚ react‚ and feel amongst humans; uniform mental processes. So far‚ research has shown that one can study the behaviors of a small group and compare them to a larger population;
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