http://www.nacbt.org/whycbt.htm http://www.depression-guide.com/cognitive-therapy.htm (Van Oppen et al‚ 1995) and (DeRubeis and Crits-Cristoph‚ 1998). Combining CBT and medication to threat OCD Despite the effectiveness of CBT and medication as therapies for OCD. Some studies indicate that receiving these methods alone are only mildly to moderately effective in treating OCD. Some individuals with OCD may also benefit from combining CBT treatment with one or more medications A recent
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Chrissy Hernandez 01/27/2014 PSY-100 Lori Eyre The two scenarios that I chose are as followed: John- Anxiety Disorder- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 1. As his friend‚ what recommendations could you make in helping him reduce his anxiety? I would suggest that he not make such a demanding schedule and to not put a time limit on the chores that he does every morning. I would help him realize that things do not always happen as one plans and it is not possible to stay on a pattern
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Chris Walczak 5-11-14 Movie Review Paper Aviator is a movie about Howard Hughes. In this movie‚ Leonardo DiCaprio portrays Howard Hughes. The movie centers on his life from the 1920’s to the late 1940’s. The movie focuses on what he did for aviation and movie producing. In the beginning of the movie‚ he gets an interest in aviation and film producing. The first movie that Hughes produces is Hells Angels‚ which took several years to complete and during the shooting he decided to add sound to
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a therapy used to treat panic disorder that reduces the stress. Several studies illustrate the effectiveness and the drawbacks of this physiotherapy. The first of these studies that the essay will discuss is‚ called the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Treatment for Panic Disorder with a controlled outcome and partial dismantling. In 1997‚ Feske et al. conducted a research on the effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
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Behavioral Theory The behavioral theory suggests that people with OCD associate certain objects or situations with fear‚ and that they learn to avoid the things they fear or to perform rituals that help reduce the fear. This pattern of fear and avoidance/ritual may begin when people are under periods of high emotional stress‚ such as starting a new job or ending a relationship. At such times‚ we are more vulnerable to fear and anxiety. Often things once regarded as "neutral" may begin to bring
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Student Professor Mary Curby PSYC 325-DL 1 14 February 2016 Case Study: Anxiety on Jasmine Jasmine comes in today to discuss her anxiety issues and if she potentially could be diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). Jasmine is a middle-aged mother of two‚ married‚ and has a stable job. . She has a good relationship with her parents as well as her sister. She has a family history of moderate anxiety from her mother and her uncle had a history of panic. As a child she had already shown
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depression. From the scientific view point‚ the only way to treat depression is with medication. But in recent studies‚ the serotonin hypothesis says differently. The medication does not treat the disorder but only the symptoms. The serotonin hypothesis dates back to the 1960s. Depression is associated with a reduction in serotonin uptake sites and an increase in some classes of serotonin receptors. It’s a major depressive disorder. Used to be thought of an illness of the soul but currently as a disorder
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Biological level of analysis – serotonin Serotonin is a neurotransmitter which plays different roles in our brain‚ and can have effects such as sleep‚ arousal levels and emotion. The study was conducted by two researchers‚ Kasamatsu and Hirai‚ at Tokyo’s University in 1999. The aim of the study was to find out how the sensory deprivation affects the brain and later on‚ the human behavior. In order to achieve their aim‚ the researchers examined a group of Buddhist monks who went to a religious
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DNA synthesis inhibitors Nucleic acid inhibitors are chemicals which inhibit the production of nucleic acids including both DNA and RNA. DNA and RNA inhibitors inhibit enzyme action in DNA replication in the same way as the topoisomerase inhibitors we discussed earlier. Topoisomerase inhibitors (1) (10) are chemicals which interfere with the enzymes that allow DNA strands to separate and to re-join‚ a process that is required for the division of bacteria and without which DNA cannot effectively
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the Pharmacological Treatment of Selective Mutism” The article‚ “The Current State of Empirical Support for the Pharmacological Support of Selecive Mutism”‚ identifies a specific psychological disorder which is called selective mutism. Selective mutism is a rare disorder which occurs during childhood which inhibits a child’s ability to speak in an uncomfortable environment. This environment for such instances most commonly occurs in school classrooms. Selective mutism typically impact children
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