Art Therapy: Is It Effective? Georgia O’Keeffe once said‚ “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way. Things I had no words for.” The actual creation of art triggers an unconscious process helping a person connect with his emotions (Kotwas). The process is said to enhance the physical‚ mental‚ and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages and backgrounds. The expressive arts do not discriminate and is an effective alternative to traditional psychotherapy
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Q1. (a) ‘Statistics is the backbone of decision-making’. Comment. Ans.(a) Due to advanced communication network‚ rapid changes in consumer behavior‚ varied expectations of variety of consumers and new market openings‚ modern managers have a difficult task of making quick and appropriate decisions. Therefore‚ there is a need for them to depend more upon quantitative techniques like mathematical models‚ statistics‚ operations research and econometrics. Decision making is a key part of our day-to-day
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STAT 110 INTRODUCTION TO DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS Fall‚ 2006 Lecture Notes Joshua M. Tebbs Department of Statistics The University of South Carolina TABLE OF CONTENTS STAT 110‚ J. TEBBS Contents 1 Where Do Data Come From? 1 1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Individuals‚ variables‚ and data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.3 Observational studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Statistics is defined by Bennett‚ Briggs‚ & Triola (2009)‚ as “the science of collecting‚ organizing‚ and interpreting data” (p. 1). Almost every profession uses statistics in some way to guide in making good decisions based on current research. The nursing profession relies heavily on current research to guide patient care with the integration of evidenced-based practice. Statistics provide valuable information to caregivers to help them understand‚ plan‚ evaluate‚ and improve the quality of patient
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The difference between Cognitive therapy is that cognitive therapy considers thinking as the influence for change‚ and behavior therapy focuses on manipulation of the social environment‚ and the functional core environment cause behavior change. Therefore‚ the techniques or practice has to be different based on the concept of change since it covers a broad range of disorders. Cognitive therapy helps the client to understand or make awareness of their own negative self-image‚ and how their thoughts
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Statistics Course Project Introduction Report is written by Nadiya Rylkova‚ student at Northeastern University . Intended audience is all students in section 4 of MGSC2301 Business Statustics course‚ professor Dimitrios Fotiadis‚ and ta Pratik Tembe. The objectives of the project are: 1. Use methods of descriptive statistics to summarize the data. Comment on the findings. 2. Develop estimated regression equations‚ first using annual income as the
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Reasons Statistics Are Important Tabatha I. Weekley BUS500 Research Paper SIU with Professor Morgan “Statistics is defined as a branch of mathematics dealing with the collection‚ analysis‚ interpretation‚ and presentation of masses of numerical data.” (m-w.com) Or‚ mathematical equations used to figure out what is happening in the world. So‚ why do we use statistics on a daily basis and how are they important? Statistics shape your life whether you know it or not. We use them in weather forecasts
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Evaluating the Psychological Therapies & Biological therapies PART B: OTHER MEDICAL THERAPIES FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS By Konstantinos Geros THE BIOMEDICAL APPROACH Biomedical therapies seek to treat psychological disorders by changing the brain’s chemistry with drugs‚ its circuitry with surgery‚ or its patterns of activity with pulses of electricity or powerful magnetic fields Biomedical therapies assume an organic basis for mental illnesses and treats them as diseases
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Types of therapies Acupuncture- Is a collection of procedures that involve stimulating points of the body. Some of the techniques used are penetrating the skin with small thin needles; this is one of the traditional Chinese methods. According to the traditional Chinese methods‚ stimulating the acupuncture points helps to correct imbalances in the flow. It has also been used to reduce depression‚ anxiety and sleep disturbances. Cranio-sacral therapy- Is an alternative therapy used by occupational
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1) Suppose that an independent laboratory has tested trash bags and has found that no 30-gallon bags that are currently on the market have a mean breaking strength of 50 pounds or more. On the basis of these results‚ the producer of the new‚ improved trash bag feels sure that its 30-gallon bag will be the strongest such bag on the market if the new trash bag’s mean breaking strength can be shown to be at least 50 pounds. The mean of the sample of 40 trash bag breaking strengths in Table 1.9 is x=50
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