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    Borderline Personality Disorder Mental Health Treatment Although psychiatric hospitalization may often be used to address the suicidal and other safety crises of individuals with BPD‚ it is unclear how beneficial that intervention is. In contrast‚ partial hospitalization has shown some promise as an intervention for individuals with BPD who are not in imminent danger of mortally harming themselves or others. Partial hospitalization involves the sufferer receiving intensive mental health treatment for

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    What is Hypnosis? The word "hypnosis" originated from the Greek "hypnos" ‚ meaning sleep‚ and according to Webster ’s New International Dictionary‚ is "The induction of a state resembling sleep or somnambulism". This statement is true to the large extent because to the untrained eye someone in a deep hypnotic state could easily be mistaken for someone sleeping. However‚ it has been a proven scientific fact that for more than 100 years hypnosis can be induced without sleep (because sleep is a symptom

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    WHAT IS HYPNOSIS? DESCRIBE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF HYPNOSIS AND DISCUSS THE ROLE OF RELAXATION IN HYPNOTHERAPY. In this essay I will explore the question of ‘What is hypnosis’ by first briefly taking a look through the ages at attempts to define hypnosis and the influence of this evolution on modern theories. I will then describe the various physical and psychological aspects of hypnosis‚ with a brief illustration into some of the modern brain imaging technologies allowing

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    conformity‚ which does not use direct pressure‚ but pressure is often perceived by individuals as influencing their behaviour. Compliance is the cornerstone of advertising and marketing‚ where sale tactics are examined on the basis of what would persuade the customers to buy their products. Cialdini outlines a few compliance techniques that influence the likelihood that people will comply with a request. There are door-in-the-face technique‚ foot-in-the-door technique‚ low-balling and hazing.

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    How does the director use various techniques to contrast the control of the Comte and the effect of Vianne’s influence on the town? Individuality versus conformity is a fine line that people in society walk along. This has been shown in Chocolat‚ released in 2000 and directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Where Vianne and her chocolate shop represent individuality and the Comte represents conformity. Hallstrom uses various film and dramatic techniques to convey this idea to the audience. In Chocolat

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    What is hypnosis? Contrary to what we might think‚ hypnosis is not what we may have seen in our favorite movies. You don’t need a stuffy psychiatrist in an English looking sport-coat swinging a golden pocket watch back and forth in front of your face. Nor does it require a fast talking evangelist style person on a stage to put you into some kind of catatonic trance and then snap his fingers and make you quack like a duck. Those things are great for movies but in reality‚ thankfully‚ it’s a little

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    ( 2069 words ) Choose a medical condition that interests you and research it. Write about the possible uses of hypnosis in the treatment of the condition as you see them. Author: MARIANA DUMITRIU Tutor: ALAN DAVIDSON Course Code: BOURN1S Bournemouth‚ March 2012 This essay will aim to compile the hypnotherapy approaches in the treatment of the autoimmune diseases. I have a personal interest in this area‚ which prompted me to research this particularly

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    The pPhysiology of hypnosis can be complicated to some people‚ but a lot of people understand. Physiology has many branches‚ hypnosis is one of them. Hypnosis has many different explanations of it. If people are wondering what hypnosis is‚ I have your answer and more. People might think hypnosis is when people mind control people with a clock watch‚ well they’re wrong. “The practitioner has no control over you whatsoever – you remain in control all the time‚ you will hear everything she or he says

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    Alcohol use has been part human civilizations for an estimated 10‚000 years. With evidence for initial beer brewing in the Near East‚ beer is believed to have preceded bread as a dietary staple (Hanson‚ 2015). Fast-track to today‚ alcohol has taken many forms to include wine and distilled spirits such as rum‚ whiskey‚ and tequila. Numerous people all over the world associate consuming alcohol beverages as a means to relax and loosen up‚ especially in social settings. However‚ due to its psychoactive

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    TITLE: “What Is Hypnosis?” Describe the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis and discuss the role of relaxation in Hypnotherapy. NAME: COURSE CODE: TUTOR: WORD COUNT: 2‚112 Hypnosis is a word that is hugely misunderstood ; when most people hear the word‚ they immediately think of someone putting them to sleep or making them do something silly for example like ‘barking like a dog’. In reality‚ this

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