phobias). Disadvantages One weakness of systematic desensitization is that it relies on the client’s ability to be able to imagine the fearful situation. Some people cannot create a vivid image and thus Systematic desensitization is not effective. Systematic desensitization is a slow process. Although‚ research suggests that the longer the technique takes the more effective it is Systematic desensitization is not effective in treating serious mental disorders like depression
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Case Report Name: Anna Munsch Class Name: Abnormal Psychology What diagnosis has been given to this client? Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia Background Information Please outline the major symptoms of this disorder. According to the DSM‚ the major symptoms of Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia are recurrent panic attacks with anxiety about experiencing another attack. Also present is anxiety being in a public place where escape will be difficult or embarrassing or where it will be difficult
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Desensitization: A Journal Article Analysis of Desensitization in News Reports Desensitization: A Journal Article Analysis of Desensitization in News Reports In this article‚ Scharrer (2008) looks at whether people become desensitized to violence from their everyday interactions and exposure to entertainment television‚ local newspapers‚ and local television news. Specifically this study looks at violence in news content and people’s view of the violence in the news content along with their
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The word pornography comes from the Greek meaning‚ whore‚ harlot‚ prostitute‚ and to buy or sell a woman” (Oprah‚2009). The word alone is degrading to women‚ how bad could the actual acts be? There are so many forms pornography comes in: magazines‚ posters‚ music‚ videos‚ and the most popular‚ the internet. This all makes it way too easy to access. Some of the serious effects include violent and degrading acts towards women‚ the difference between a real sex life and the ones on TV‚ and the sexual
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importance of treating people with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder otherwise known as PTSD specifically in the Department of Defense. Of four different treatments that were recommended by the Joint Clinical Practice Guidelines for PTSD‚ eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment and its effectiveness are covered in this journal (Russell‚ 2007). EMDR treatment concentrates on the correlation between eye movement and certain visual triggers that result in reliving or remembering past memories
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Locally in Minnesota a resource that is available to veterans is Veteran Resilience Project (VRP). VRP works with veterans to turn their trauma they have been through into growth (Project‚ 2016). Through this resource veterans are offered 12 free sessions of EMDR (Project‚ 2016). This program offers 100% confidentiality to their patients‚ realizing that PTSD is very serious and life changing for the veterans‚ which they want to acknowledge and not take away from them. In knowing that this is very
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focused on two aspects. It set out to research the effects of Systematic Desensitization on the reduction of test anxiety on a particular population (Nigerian Secondary School children that were experiencing test anxiety)‚ and also focused on three secondary independent variables‚ which included entry test anxiety level‚ sex‚ and locus of control. The test hoped to establish a relationship between systematic desensitization and sex and set up three research hypotheses. The first one stated there
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adulthood (Frapwell). The percent of people that are diagnosed of having a phobia tend to be constant year to year; there has not been a dramatic increase or decrease over the years. Phobias can be divided into three main categories: social phobias‚ agoraphobia‚ and
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consider similar situation to be anyhow dangerous. Phobia types: (According to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Web Site and my psychology class lectures)  Agoraphobia Agoraphobia is a fear of open spaces‚ crowd or impossibility to return back home right away. As a whole‚ agoraphobia can be determined as a fear of leaving the house. Quite often‚ patients turn to be chained to their flats completely. During the process of assault‚ patients have a fear of death because
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People with a severe phobia‚ however‚ sometimes have no choice than to seek help. Some phobias‚ if left un-dealt with‚ can become so severe that the person won’t even leave their bed. There are three main types of phobias. The first is Agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is a fear of public places. With this fear comes the feeling that the person is trapped or fears having a panic attack in public. The second type of phobia is Social phobia. Social phobia is the fear of social situations or performing in
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