...study used a self-report survey, a questionnaire given to parents, a testing on Cortisol secretion, and a lesson observation as research measures. The study argued that music performance anxiety (MPA) for child performers could be affected both by acquired and inborn nature. Results showed that first, stress and MPA exists among child performers. Second, the more prior experience of performing, the less anticipatory anxiety will occur. Third, young children receiving more prior experience of performing also have higher Cortisol levels. Fourth, the quality of performance can be improved if child performers are more familiar with their performance location, venue, and environment. Fifth, children performed better in the second concert than in the first one. Finally, increasing experience of performing may reduce the level of stress and anxiety....
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...Marissa Reiner Maternity Research Article Critique Purpose This study explores the effects of a brief individual psychoanalytic therapy on perinatal depressive symptoms. A group of 40 women presenting depressive symptoms (treatment group) participated in a four-session intervention called ‘Psychotherapy centered on parenthood (PCP)’. It consists in two antenatal and two postnatal sessions and is focused on changing problematic representations of parenthood. This treatment group was compared to a control group of 88 women without depressive symptoms and following the usual obstetrical care. Measures Used Edinburgh postnatal depression scale: The EPDS is a questionnaire widely used to measure depressive symptoms during the perinatal period. According to Murray and Carothers (1990), the EPDS is a reliable method to identify depressive mothers (sensitivity 81.1 % with a limit at 12.5). Dépistage antenatal de la dépression postnatale It contains six items: four concern psychological aspects (blaming oneself, difficulty in falling asleep or staying asleep, feeling lonely, feeling that others do not understand you or are unsympathetic); two items refer to somatic issues (itching and lower back pain). Global Assessment Functioning The GAF is a numeric scale included in the DSM-IV generally used by mental health clinicians and physicians to rate the social, occupational, and psychological functioning of adults. The scale value ranges from 1 (hypothetically sickest...
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...how they may be leading to self-destructive behaviors and beliefs (Wolitzky-Taylor, Arch, Rosenfield, & Craske, 2012). These inaccurate beliefs and thought processes can cause and maintain anxiety and depression in some patients. Through cognitive restructuring, CBT can help replace non-productive thought patterns with more realistic, positive, and productive thoughts. CBT often has homework between sessions where items such as replacing negative thoughts and assertive communication are practiced and thought journals may be employed. CBT has been shown to be an effective treatment for many mental illnesses, including depression and anxiety and for multiple age groups, genders, and races (Corcoran, 2014; Driessen & Hollon, 2010; Wolitzky-Taylor, et al.,...
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...Buddhist Meditation Implications for Physical and Psychological Health RELIG2212 Buddhism: Beliefs and Practices April 13, 2009 RELIG 2212 Buddhism: Beliefs and Practices April 13, 2009 I. Introduction a. Meditation as a central role in Buddhism b. Thesis statement: there is great potential for Buddhist meditation techniques to provide both physical and psychological health benefits. II. Meditation and anxiety a. Meditation and anxiety reduction b. Study by John Miller on Clinical Implications of a Mindfulness Meditation- Based Stress Reduction Intervention in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders. III. Meditation and health a. Meditation and cardiovascular disease/blood pressure b. Study by Vernon Barnes on the “ Impact of Transcendental Meditation on Cardiovascular Function at Rest and During Acute Stress in Adolescents with High Normal Blood Pressure.” IV. Meditation and neurology a. Meditation and mind and brain functioning/neuroscience b. Visual imagery/attention studies c. Studies on virtuous mental states/meditation on lovingkindness V. Conclusion: These scientific studies demonstrating lowered stress and blood pressure, and demonstrating the possibility for a better understanding of brain functioning, make it clear that there is a great potential for Buddhist meditation techniques to provide health benefits and advances in modern science. Under a Bodhi tree, a man in robes vows to remain in seated meditation until...
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...mood disorders such as anxiety (psychology.com). CBT focuses on replacing negative thoughts with healthy, positive thinking, which in turns leads to improved moods, self-concept, behavior, and physical well-being. Research shows that CBT is an effective treatment for children and adolescence with anxiety disorders, and can be just as effective, if not more effective than medicinal treatments and other therapies. INTRODUCTION (.5-1 page) A great number of today’s youth are afflicted by anxiety disorders. Unfortunately it can be difficult to diagnose children and adolescence with anxiety disorders, and often times they can go great lengths of time without receiving proper treatment. Anxiety occurs when an individual overestimates the probability that a feared event will occur, or the severity of the event when it does occur (Bailey, 2001). This can lead to dysfunctional and negative patterns of thinking, self-destructive behaviors, physical ailments, avoidance, and substantial impairment in school. Even though anxiety disorders in youth can be under-recognized and under-treated, there is help out there in the form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT. Evidence for the effectiveness of CBT in children with anxiety disorders is mounting (Bailey, 2001) and this action plan will demonstrate its efficacy in one particular case. STATEMENT OF PROBLEM (.5-1page) My client, “C”, has a primary diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder. Her anxiety is beginning to greatly...
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...study to look at the preventive maintenance in pre-adolescent girls, before they reach puberty. This is a longitudinal study designed to research how preventive maintenance can help lower anxiety and depression in adolescence. This is an ongoing investigation with other research that has implemented other types of intervention models for depression. However, the focus of this study is to help young girls in discovering their true identity when reaching a period in their life where stress from school, social pressure and media have an effect on their way of thinking. Introduction There is a significant difference in depression in adolescent girls compared to that in boys. A lot of research has been developed to find reasons which may explain the increased rate of depression, but very little research has been done on the preventive side to help adolescents in dealing with stress and anxiety. The reason for this research is to help facilitate a better way of coping and managing a young person’s stress and anxiety; by helping minister better alternatives to solutions that they may not be fully aware of. The groups which will be examined are pre-adolescents girls, ages 8 to 11, more specifically the 4th and 6th grade level. Proposal Earlier studies concluded that young girls experience more anxiety/depression then boys around the ages of 13 to 15 years old. (Stephanie J. Cox, 2010). One research concludes that adolescent girls will ruminate more about negative emotions than boys...
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...9 November 2005 [pic] Abstract Background Nursing student's experiences of their clinical practice provide greater insight to develop an effective clinical teaching strategy in nursing education. The main objective of this study was to investigate student nurses' experience about their clinical practice. Methods Focus groups were used to obtain students' opinion and experiences about their clinical practice. 90 baccalaureate nursing students at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery) were selected randomly from two hundred students and were arranged in 9 groups of ten students. To analyze the data the method used to code and categories focus group data were adapted from approaches to qualitative data analysis. Results Four themes emerged from the focus group data. From the students' point of view," initial clinical anxiety", "theory-practice gap"," clinical supervision", professional role", were considered as important factors in clinical experience. Conclusion The result of this study showed that nursing students were not satisfied with the clinical component of their education. They experienced anxiety as a result of feeling incompetent and lack of professional nursing skills and knowledge to take care of various patients in the clinical setting. Background Clinical experience has been always an integral part of nursing education. It prepares student nurses to be able of "doing" as well as "knowing" the clinical principles...
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...CBT to Treat Generalized Anxiety Cognitive Therapy (CT) or Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) was pioneered by Dr. Aaron T. Beck in the 1960s, while he was a psychiatrist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Before being hired for this job he had practiced psychoanalysis elsewhere and became interested in advancing the field. While at the University of Pennsylvania Dr. Beck designed and carried out several experiments to test psychoanalytic concepts that delta with depression. Through this research Dr. Beck was hoping to validate the fundamental concepts associated with psychoanalytic therapy, during his studies he was surprised to find the opposite. Instead of validating his previous studies he founded the concept of cognitive behavior therapy. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a term that has a lot of different treatment umbrella under it. It’s a cross between behavior therapy and dynamic psychotherapy. It is centered on the idea that thought or cognitions have a big role in mood and behavior mostly due to false or morphed cognitions. Though cognitive therapy can be used to treat a variety of issues that are in the DSM people can also use cognitive therapy to treat personal issues that aren’t outlined in the DSM. The Farlex dictionary defines cognitive behavioral therapy as “an action-oriented form of psychosocial therapy that assumes that maladaptive, or faulty, thinking patterns cause maladaptive behavior and "negative" emotions. The treatment focuses...
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...at the University of Virginia, identified patient safety as a clinical problem related to inadequate staffing. Previous research revealed that 63% of the staff on this unit identified that inadequate staffing greatly affected patient safety. In order to research this issue further, the nursing students developed a follow-up survey that would help to identify the aspects of patient safety that are most affected. By understanding which aspects of patient safety create an issue on this unit, the group will develop an intervention with increasing safety as the expected outcome. Safety on this unit is difficult to measure because the unit does not face the same problems that staff encounter on Medical Surgical Units. One way to measure safety on 5E is to review the number of patient falls. Data was obtained that revealed in November of 2012, 5E reported the most falls of any unit in the hospital. Other safety markers are difficult to identify and are not regularly measured. During a typical day shift, the staff on the unit consists of four registered nurses (RNs), two patient care assistants (PCAs), one house unit coordinator (HUC), and two therapists, either occupational (OT) or recreational (RT). Twenty-three beds are available on 5E and at the time of the survey, twenty patients were currently...
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...Art-Based Intervention for College Student’s Suffering from Anxiety According to the American College Health Association National College Health Assessment, Within the last 12 months, 21.9% of the students reported anxiety affected their individual academic performance, they either received a lower grade on an exam, course, received an incomplete or dropped the course. Twenty-three percent of the students also reported that in the last 2 week they felt overwhelming anxiety (American College Health). Anxiety, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, is excessive and constant uneasiness and worry (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013). College is a transitional phase—college students have to leave home, tackle new and more...
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...647 Group Assessment Julia Deering California State University, Bakersfield Winter Quarter, 2016 The Setting and Population The setting of the group will be in a conference room at the Kern Medical Center Hospital, 1700 Mt Vernon Ave, Bakersfield, CA, 93306. The group will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 am to approximately 10:30 am. The group will be open for cancer patients that are receiving treatment. The name of the group will be Learning to Laugh Again. The group is open but only for those receiving treatment and they may bring their care provider if they would like. This therapy will be offered as long as funding is available and there are 5 more people attending. Issues and Goals Learning to Laugh Again will help those going through cancer gain physiological and mental health benefits from participating in the laughter therapy. The hope is decrease anxiety and depression symptoms and increase tolerability and outcome of various cancer treatments that one might undergo as a cancer patient. While laughter therapy cannot cure cancer, participants can have benefits from laughing. The group may increase their survival time and ability to find enjoyment in life while they are going through a serious illness. To achieve the goal laughter therapy will be conducted by a hospital social worker. It will include humorous stories, inspirational stories and quotes, then laughter activities, followed by meditation, and ending with a time to share ways...
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...Day 6: Rationalize and create a thinking day, when you are allowed to express your fears freely, for a certain amount of time: Affect-labelling Day 6, is an ideal day, to sort of get rid of the old, to better welcome something new. To achieve this, you will have to express yourself, freely about what is making you so anxious. It might sound weird, to actually to put some importance on what is supposed to cause so much damage to someone psychologically, but it turns out that a new research published in the journal Psychological science , shows that talking about our phobias helps (hum! Sounds familiar). Three scientists from UCLA, namely Katharina Kircanski, Matt Lieberman, and Michelle Craske, have demonstrated the power of words on people...
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...and maintain their own wellness. According to the American Counselor Association, counselors have an ethical responsibility to care for themselves and to fulfill their professional responsibilities when working with clients. (A.C.A. , 2003). In this paper I will argue that practicing Centering Prayer as a self-care strategy relieves stress and prevents empathy fatigue in counselors. First, the counseling process is discussed. Empathy fatigue is presented. Next, Centering Prayer is introduced. Finally, two studies are highlighted to present Centering Prayer as an effective way to relieve stress. The implications for counselors and the prevention of empathy fatigue in counselors are touched upon. Counseling is a complex process. During this process, the counselor builds a helping, working relationship with the client. It is their responsibility to emphatically listen to their clients’ thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and needs. As the trusting relationship evolves, the client is empowered “to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals” (http://www.counseling.org/knowledge-center/20-20-a-vision-for-the-future-of-counseling/consensus-definition-of-counseling). As described by Clinton and Ohlschlager (2002), “counseling is a multidimensional process that targets and works to change thoughts, feelings, behaviors, relationships, and environments by applying knowledge and skill to serve a client’s best interest in personal growth and maturation” (p. 36)...
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...The anxiety disorder is a comprehensive disorder which includes separation anxiety disorder, selective mutism, specific phobia, social anxiety disorder (social phobia), panic disorder, agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder, substance/medication-induced anxiety disorder, anxiety disorder due to another medical condition, other specified anxiety disorder,unspecified anxiety disorder on DSM-5. This case will be focused on a client who has panic disorder, so that I'm going to start with some information about it. ''The DSM-5 describes a panic attack as “an abrupt surge of intense fear or intense discomfort that reaches a peak within minutes.” Panic disorder can cause a variety of interpersonal and occupational problems. Individuals with recurrent...
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...Michael Phillips Date: 8/5/2013 Site Visit Essay Paper Site Visit Essay Paper Cognitive behavioral techniques are used during a counseling session in a hospital or office setting by therapist. Although I was unable to do a current Site visit to a human service department of a company to write my report, I do know from my own experience some things pertaining to programs that employ behavioral or genitive intervention and or models. In this paper I will attempt to explore some areas within a cognitive intervention such as: • What population participates in the program? • Who presents the program? • How the effectiveness of the intervention is measured • How do they determine a need for the program? • Do they have plans for other programs that use behavioral models and techniques? • What other models and theories are represented in their programs. As we look into the population of participants, it ranges based on the type of behavior being addressed, intervention and motivation strategies. Last year, when I attended my counseling session, it was held in a group session with different people of all ages. This particular group session addressed issues of anxiety and depression. I quickly learned that many people have issues with anxiety and depression, yet they are hesitant to get counseling to change the behavior. Although some may want the help, they often have the fear of having to take medication to alter the...
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