Essays Tagged: "psychological problems"

Introduction to sociology

statuses are student, friend, girlfriend, foreigner and bilingual person.I have not had any serious psychological problems through my life. Maybe, it has to do with my first three years of life when t ...

(4 pages) 270 2 4.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Breach of confidentiality, why not to trust Shrinks

ablish trustB. A patients bill of rightsThesis: The duty to warn has created an ethical dilemma for psychological professionals.II. Therapists face a moral problemB. Requirement by law to breach confi ... lenceE. Impact on clientI. The future outlook for therapyA. Conflicting views between the legal and psychological professionsBreach of Confidentiality:The legal Implications when You are seeking Thera ...

(7 pages) 190 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

The Industrial Revolution and its impact on family life and women.

fied with their ways of life than privatized families who were faced with the inevitable social and psychological problems as the Industrial Revolution evolved.In contemporary terms, the Industrial Re ...

(5 pages) 232 0 3.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

An essay on two physcological issues pretaining to war: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and shell shock

ut the people that are in the military hospitals who are now amputees? How about the ones that have psychological problems? You don't here anyone grieving for these people. This paper will explain and ... enty-six. These are the men that got these two terrible disorders. These are where the two terrible psychological issues occurred, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Shell Shock.The two terrifi ...

(6 pages) 183 0 4.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Vietnam Veterans.

not until the 1980's that a significant effort was made to help Vietnam veterans with the numerous psychological problems that they faced after the war. It is not surprising that war veterans, expose ... ed in war. Yet, some critics argue that Vietnam veterans are receiving too much attention for their psychological disorders. The studies conducted during the 1980's of the effects of war on veterans h ...

(15 pages) 203 0 4.1 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Medicine: The Last Resort. Medicine should not be used often; rather, therapy should be used.

al disorder and treat it not as a disease but more as an imbalance.Too often, doctors seek to treat psychological problems with new medicines and technology rather than with the more effective way of ... cient physical treatment.In conclusion, it is apparent that mental disorders should be treated with psychological help before physical medication. Mental disorders should not be treated the same as th ...

(5 pages) 93 0 4.7 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

The issue of occupational stress in 1990's-2000's.

s people's health and lifestyles. Continuing occupational stress results in physical, emotional and psychological problems comprising of the initial reactions and serious long-term health problems. Pr ... ors that call on the body's physical and mental reserves, triggering biochemical, physiological and psychological changes. (http://www.convoke.com/markjr/cjstress.html [25/2/03]). Hans Seyle was one o ...

(5 pages) 112 0 3.8 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

This essay defines depression, symptoms of depression, causes of depression, and treaments for it.

Depression is a psychological condition that changes how you think, feel, and it also affects your social behavior a ... you to be more pessimistic towards family members, or friends. Depression is one of the most common psychological problems. It affects nearly everyone through either personal experiences or through de ...

(3 pages) 423 2 3.5 Sep/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Diagnosing and Treating "John's" Phycological Problems -- sociocultural, behaviorist, and neurobiological approaches.

There are many ways to diagnose and treat our psychological problems.For John's problem a neurobiologist would pinpoint his problem to a biologica ...

(2 pages) 29 0 3.4 Sep/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Anorexia.

y of using food to work out emotional problems. These illnesses develop because of emotional and/or psychological problems. Eating disorders are the way some people deal with stress. In today's media ...

(1 pages) 40 0 4.7 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

This essay discusses the question of ethics when it pertains to taking part in a war.

t human beings are unable to kill just anyone. Now there are exceptions in that people with certain psychological problems may find it easier than others to kill. In this conversation, I am excluding ...

(4 pages) 76 0 4.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Marilyn Monroe's life, focusing mainly on her marriage to playwright Arthur Miller

Most of the childhood of Norma Jeane was spent in foster homes and orphanages since her mother had psychological problems that eventually led to her becoming committed to a mental institution.In 1937 ...

(4 pages) 48 0 4.6 Jan/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Actors

Psychological effects on sexually abused children

Survivors of child sexual abuse will experience psychological effects, but rather than equally, they will experience to varying degrees and in diffe ... ies, J.B., Warden, D.A., 1992, p.102). Physical evidence in child sexual abuse is rare, however the psychological injuries that result are considerable and potentially more damaging.Each individual's ... e some common short and long term reactions with it's survivors. These children may experience such psychological problems as, "anxieties, fears, depression, angry and destructive behaviour, phobic re ...

(6 pages) 217 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

What Makes People Credulous? A study on hoaxes an people's credulity

lems making people believe weird things or fall for hoaxes. These are problems in pseudoscientific, psychological, scientific and logical thinking. In the light of Sherman's book, I would explain that ... eird things and fall for hoaxes because of the problems in thinking.One of the thinking problems is psychological problems in thinking as mentioned in Sherman's book. In this category, he describes a ...

(5 pages) 64 0 3.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

Companions , POEM ' Assassination" by don L. Lee and by a short story 'Only the Dead Know Brooklyn' by Thomas Wolfe.

ship are often desperate for some since of understanding. These people often have deep emotional or psychological problems due to the fact that they are so desperate; they are willing to go as far as ...

(3 pages) 28 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

child physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.

ests to determine the degree of the abuse, how the abuse had affected the child, and what long term psychological problems were present (Fergusson, Horwood & Lynskey, 1996, Objective Section, 1). ... escent Psychiatry, 36, 799 - 808.Maker, A.H., Kemmelmeier, M., & Peterson, C. (1998). Long-term psychological consequences in women of witnessing parental physical conflict and experiencing abuse ...

(13 pages) 437 1 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters > Child Abuse

"Tender is the Night", by Scott Fitzgerald "Choose one main character from the story and show how they undergo a life transformation from beginning to end"

the " best psychologist in the world." Dr. Dohmler, Nicole's child psychologist, explains Nicole's psychological problems, elucidating her fear of men. Nicole, who had been sexually abused by her fat ...

(2 pages) 48 1 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Social Disorganisation: The Chicago School argues that deviance is in some sense the measure of the failure of community organisations to function.

xplaining deviance. Chicagoans believed that deviant behaviour had no connection with biological or psychological problems. It was argued that there was a connection between these changes of a modern ... d transient areas within the community. This theory was based on the assumption that biological and psychological problems do not in fact lead to crime and deviant behaviour, causes for this behaviour ...

(11 pages) 201 2 4.1 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Major Depressive Disorder

Depression is a psychological condition that changes how you think, feel, and it also affects your social behavior a ... you to be more pessimistic towards family members, or friends. Depression is one of the most common psychological problems. It affects nearly everyone through either personal experiences or through de ... fetime. This disorder must be regarded as a significantly important state, as it strikes its victim psychologically, socially and sometimes even physically, impairing normal daily behavior.Out of the ...

(6 pages) 108 1 4.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Psychotherapy How does psychotherapy works and how is it different from all other therapy.

an emotionally charged confiding interaction between a trained therapist and someone who suffers a psychological difficulty. Just like what the definition had said, psychotherapy aimed to help people ... psychotherapy aimed to help people with psychological sufferance. Psychoanalysis believed that most psychological problems were start by childhood repressed impulses and conflicts. By bringing these r ...

(2 pages) 88 0 4.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology