...Child and Family-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Citation: West. A. E., Jacobs, R. H., Westerholm, R, Lee A., Carbray, J., Heidenreich, J., & Pavuluri, M. N. (2009). Child and Family- Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Pediatric Bipolar Disorder: Pilot Study of Group Treatment Format. Journal of The Canadian Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiarty, 18(3), 239-246. This article shows the study of a group adaptation of child and family focused cognitive behavior therapy for pediatric bipolar disorder. Group treatment was provided to 26 different families who had children with a diagnosis of PBD ranging between 6 and 12 years old. Results showed that child family focused cognitive behavorial therapy was feasible and acceptable to families. CFF-CBT resulted in significant improvement in manic, but not depressive, symptoms and in children’s psychosocial functioning post treatment. Parents reported an increased in the ability to be able to cope with their child's illness. Results of this study suggest that group psychosocial treatment provided alongside pharmacotherapy may help attain remission of symptoms, as well as increase overall psychosocial coping and wellbeing in both children and parents. This paper explains methods that they have come up with to help children and their parents when dealing with bipolar disorder. It also goes to detail about the disorder and shows us that bipolar disorder is a chronic and debilitating...
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...Memo 1 Problem 5 is asking the question that if a woman received a bank statement saying her wealth went from 4M to 3M, and another woman’s wealth went from 1M to 1.1M who is more satisfied with their bank statement and who is happier today? Kahneman is presenting that people think that the woman who receives the bank statement saying her wealth went from 1M to 1.1M is both happier today and satisfied with her statement. The reason people side with this other than the girl who clearly has more money is because people feel the pain of loss. Bernoulli’s believes that people live in the long run so therefore they should want the person with the larger bank statement. He believes this because even though they lost 1M this month they have a better chance of also gaining a much larger some in the future. In the long run for the less wealthy woman, she may be gaining money but at a very slow rate which does appeal to people. You can see that people behave differently than that of classical theory because regular people prefer to be the woman going from 1M to 1.1M rather than the woman going from 4M to 3M. This is because real people feel pain from loses which is not seen in the classical theory. In the classical theory people should want to be the woman who goes from 4M to 3M because although she loses money she still has a higher amount of utils. Classical theory assumes that people have diminishing marginal returns when it comes to money. So in the case of problem 5,assuming...
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...Behavioral Interview Techniques – The STAR Approach Situation or Task Describe the situation that you were in or the task that you needed to accomplish. You must describe a specific event or situation, not a generalized description of what you have done in the past. Be sure to give enough detail for the interviewer to understand. This situation can be from a previous job, from a volunteer experience, or any relevant event. Action you took Describe the action you took and be sure to keep the focus on you. Even if you are discussing a group project or effort, describe what you did -- not the efforts of the team. Don't tell what you might do, tell what you did. Results you achieved What happened? How did the event end? What did you accomplish? What did you learn? Use examples from internships, classes and school projects, activities, team participation, community service, hobbies and work experience -- anything really -- as examples of your past behavior. In addition, you may use examples of special accomplishments, whether personal or professional, such as scoring the winning touchdown, being elected president of your Greek organization, winning a prize for your artwork, surfing a big wave, or raising money for charity. Wherever possible, quantify your results. Numbers always impress employers. Remember that many behavioral questions try to get at how you responded to negative situations; you'll need to have examples of negative experiences ready, but try to...
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...Cognitive behavioral therapy. Cognitive behavioral therapy is form of psychotherapy that emphasizes the important role of thinking in how we feel and what we do, or behavioral modification techniques and verbal interventions that are used on clients to alter their maladaptive thinking. It is a short term and goal-oriented psychotherapy treatment that takes a hands-on, practical approach to problem-solving. Its goal is to change patterns of thinking or behavior that are behind people’s difficulties, and so change the way they feel Cognitive behavioral therapy is a general term used to classify similar therapies. These therapies include Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Rational Behavior Therapy, Rational Living Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, and Dialectic Behavior Therapy. It can be used on a various types of disorders such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and addiction. History In the 1960’s psychiatrist Aaron Beck came up with the idea that his patients were having internal dialogue going on in their minds. The patient would only report a fraction of what was being thought to the therapist. Beck realized that the connection between thoughts and feelings were an important connection. That’s when he created the term automatic thoughts. Automatic thoughts are emotion filled thoughts that might pop up in the mind. Clients were not always aware of the thoughts but could learn to identify and describe them. The reason why Beck called it Cognitive Behavioral...
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...Report Personal Effectiveness i360 Name Test Candidate Table of contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Introduction Strength/weakness analysis Feedback open questions Overview competences Personal development plan Introduction Here is the rapport of the Personal Effectiveness i360. In this report your data and the data of other the respondents is processed. Strength/weakness analysis First you find a strength/weaknesses analysis. In this part is indicated which competences are rated relatively high and low by you and your respondents. You can also see whether you and your respondents agree or differ on the ratings of the various competences. You can use this information for your personal development plan. Results The results section starts with the answers to the open questions. After that you will find the graphical presentation of the results. This presentation starts with a summary of all the competences and is followed by a detail view per competence in which all results of the individual behavioral indicators per are shown. Personal development plan Eventually you can create a personal development plan by indicating the competences or aspects from competences you want to improve. Using this you can direct your own personal growth. Page 2 of 20 Respondents The following persons are registered as respondents for this 360 degree feedback survey. The status of each respondents is shown as well : Self Others Test Candidate Test Respondent1 Test Respondent2 Completed...
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...Behavorial segmentation Benefits sought: Biscuits are widely popular from rural to urban segments and available in different flavors and price range. But with increasing affluence, the Indian customers are moving towards the health conscious sector. Especially in urban sector, with increasing work load and stress in their lives, people are getting attracted towards health product segment. Britannia has identified this behavioural change in the urban population of India and hence marked this market segment of health conscious people. Purchase behaviour: India is traditionally price-oriented market. Indian consumers prefer quality but within certain price range. New products in the market are placed with specific balance between price and quality. In healthy biscuit segments, there are very few players like Threptin which tend to be on the higher side of the price range. Here Britannia with its mass production advantage has used this leverage to promote its health products in a lower price range than conventional health biscuits. Usage: In Indian households, biscuits and savory snacks are the most commonly consumed items. They are consumed by people under all segments. Here if the biscuits are aligned to the health aspects of the individuals within their affordable range, the consumers will be ready to buy such products. Also, diabetic patients have a strict diet schedule and if a product specific to their diet requirements is placed, it has a high chance of being successful...
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...Dissociative Identity Disorder: Introduction “A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure.” By Lee Segall (http://www.quotegarden.com/philosophical.html) How can a man live with so much noise in their head, too many alternated voices that struggle to be the one? For me, the quote symbolizes what the disorder is which are too many options and too many multiple voices in one mind that disrupted one’s identity and psyche which can cause various problems. Dissociative identity disorder (DID) or formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), is one of a group of conditions called dissociative disorders or dissociation(s). This condition is consider rare in the US which the approximated number of cases of 20K to 200K per year. (www.google.com) Dissociation is a mental process, which produces a lack of connection in a person's thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity. During the period of time when a person is dissociating, certain information is not associated with other information as it normally would be. Dissociation can be used as a defense mechanism or a coping mechanism that a person uses to disconnect from a stressful or traumatic situation or to separate traumatic memories from normal awareness. It is a way for a person to break the connection between the self and the outside world, as well as to distance oneself from the awareness of what is occurring. Dissociation can serve as a defense mechanism...
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...What is addiction? Addiction is a chronic, often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive drug seeking and use, despite the consequences to the individual who is addicted and to those that are around him or her. Alt-hough the decision to take drugs are voluntary for most people, the brain changes that occur over time will challenge the addicted person’s self control and hamper his or her ability to resist taking drugs. Fortunately, treatments are available to help people counter their addiction’s powerful disruptive effects. Research found out that the best way to ensure the success for most patients is to combine addiction treatment medications with behavorial therapy. Treatment approaches that are tailored to each patient’s drug abuse patterns and any Co-occurring medical, psychiatric, and social problems can lead to sustained recovery and a life without drug abuse. Similar to other chronic, relapsing diseases, such as diabetes, asthma, or heart disease, drug addiction can be managed successfully. And as with other chronic diseases, it is not uncommon for a person to relapse and begin abusing drugs again. Relapse, however, does not signal treatment failure—rather, it indicates that treatment should be reinstated or adjusted or that an alternative treatment is needed to help the individual regain control and recover. There are chemicals in drugs that taps into the brains communication system, which disrupts how nerve cells normally would recieve, send, and process...
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...Marsha Thompson CIS 170 Doctor David Fox Strayer University Feb. 20, 2105 Select two of the theories, suggested in Chapter 3 of the text, that a researcher could use to explain the cause of digital crime. Provide a rationale to support your response. According to Sang M Lee, computer abuse shows no sign of decline. The social structure theory can help prevent it by enhancing insiders involvement in computer abuse. Studies show that deterrence factors influence SDI and organizational factors significantly affect ICI and ICI decreases insiders’ abuse. Interestingly, SDI negatively affects both insiders and invaders abusers. According to Peter Marzuk, psychological disorders and persons with mental illnesses and personality disorders are strongly linked to crime? Marzuk notes that new studies of violence among the mentally ill are well designed and quite convincing. His studies do state that most people who have mental illnesses are not criminals., and the ones that are do not commit not violent crimes. Marzuk says, "In the last decade, the evidence showing a link between violence, crime, and mental illness has mounted. It cannot be dismissed; it should not be ignored." This research found that people with a background of psychiatric hospitalization were more likely to have been found guilty of a criminal offense than persons without a history of psychiatric hospitalization," a finding that was true for both men and women. According to Marzuk,...
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...Biological And Humanistic Approaches To Personality Personality has long been thought to be existent at birth and can only attempt to grow from the moment of conception. According to Maslow, an American psychologist, human needs are sought to be fulfilled and upon fulfillment, lead to self-actualization. He created a hierachy of needs that dictates what human desires are necessary to be achieved before being able to move toward the next stage in life. Abraham Maslow is the creator of Maslow’s hierachy of needs, a psycological theory that said all humans have a need to reach their max potential. But to achieve this sense of self-fulfillment one must meet every need starting with the most basic first. The hierachy consists of different levels. From the bottom: physiological, safety, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization. Physiological needs consist of food, water, sleep, shelter, warmth, and even sex. These needs can be influenced by where you live, what area, what region, and in what kind of an establishment. Food consumed can depict some parts of personality. Heritage and how one is brought up can determine how you live your life. The basic needs are influenced by family culture and background. A lack of nuturing in the early stage can lead to insecurity issues. Safety needs consist of protection from nature, security, the law, and stability. It is the duty of the parents to protect their child from the outside world and the negative energy that can affect...
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...MHF Module: Investing In Mental Health Mental Health Worksheet Part 1 Research mental health in a a country other than the United States. An example of a mental heath problem is provided below. |Example: | |According to the World Health Organization (2005) Botswana, Africa, spends only 1% of the country’s health budget on mental health. The | |country does offer locations in communities for the training of mental health nurses. There are also community care facilities for | |patients suffering from mental disorders. However; due to a lack of psychiatrists in the country, the mental health trained nurses are | |responsible for all aspects of mental health services for the population. These nurses are also responsible for training others in mental | |health. According to the World Health Organization there are only 1.1 psychiatric beds per 10,000 people and only .7 beds in mental | |hospitals, the rest being in general hospitals. In 2005, there were only .3 psychologists and 3 social workers per 100,000 people, the | |country did not have any neurologists and doctors had to come from neighboring countries to help with the mental health needs of Botswana. | Select a country and a mental health issues within that contry. Then compose a 150- to 200- word description of the probem (...
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...Strategic interaction in cycling Strategic Interaction in Sports This short paper is about strategic interaction in cycling with reference to the ‘Le Tour de France’ 2013. It will give a short description of the meaning ‘Strategic Interaction’ and it will focus on the teamwork in the different teams from the ‘Le Tour de France’. Furthermore, there will be also given an introduction to an economic principle that can refer to the ‘Le Tour de France’. Strategic interaction is a term that identifies the process when different parties try to achieve common goals which relies on intensive communication between these parties. This intensive communication is needed to make any progress in pursuing a goal. The meaning ‘Strategic interaction’ comes from ‘Game Theory’. This is the study of strategic interaction between people in a structured environment. A game theory is used in practical ways to predict, explain and prescribe events (Camerer, 2003). “Game theory attempts to determine mathematically and logically the actions that players or team members should take to secure the best outcomes for themselves in a wide array of games” following Avinash Dixit (Dixit, 2008). This is why the goal of game theory is getting benefits from using these strategic interactions. Game theory is what happens when people, genes or nations interact. Strategic interaction could occur in the most simplest situations but becomes more complex and more complicated when it will occur in bigger events....
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...Analysis Phil began his career right after college and lured to the brokerage business because of the potential of higher income and opportunity to have direct contract with retail clients.Phil had a talent in financial matters and he is interested to a job that allows him to interact with clients.Phil also thought himself as hardworking and loyal employee,a good manager and an ethical business.This is a good criteria to lead and manage employee’s in brokerage firms. Phil started his brokerage career with one of the largest firms in the industry.He moved to Stuart & Co. ,then a boutique firm.Stuart & Co., seems different because it emphasized the development of long term client relationships based upon rendering expert independent financial service,it shows that Stuart & Co., aims to build a good name and relationships in the eyes of their customers.Though some people denied the perception that advisors are experts at providing unbiased financial advices,Stuart Co., investment advisors is trusted to give financial advices to the clients,this may indicate that Stuart Co., has a good personnel control in recruiting and training their advisors. Phil was also lured by Stuart and Co., compensation package,which included a relatively large fixed salary and a bonus based upon overall branch revenues,growth in the number of ties or relationships ( financial , insurance , investment ) developed with each customer and the number of business referrals to other branches...
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...Healing Hospital Rhonda Hofstrom Grand Canyon University: HLT-310V Spirituality In Nursing Instructor: Jeney Park-Hearn January 16, 2015 Healing hospital is a new paradigm in healthcare it is no longer just about treating the disease or diagnosis, there is a new push to heal the person’s spiritual well-being also. Puchaski & McShimming (2006) say that spirituality is what supports a person enabling them to cope with the challenges and stresses of everyday life (as cited in Dunn, 2010). If healthcare is able to heal the human spirit, healing of the body should follow. This paper will explore the concept of a healing environment, how spirituality plays a part, and the challenges that come about when changing the environment from being disconnected disease treatment focused to patient focused. Healing Hospital Make-Up and Spirituality’s Involvement Healing hospitals are composed of a healing physical environment, an efficient work environment with advanced technology and a principle of “Radical loving care” (Eberst, 2008). If nurses are “healing instruments”, then their own spiritual well-being must be important in order to be able to be positive presence while caring for the patient (Dunn, 2010). The primary focus is on the healing and well-being of the individual patient, with care being provided in a quieter environment, encouraging well-ness within the “whole” individual and decreasing the stressors that are found within...
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...In this paper I will discuss what body dysmorphic disorder is and I will teach you the characteristics and signs and symptoms of BDD, the causes, how it is diagnosed, the usual treatment and outlook for people who are suffering from this disorder. Body Dysmorphic Disorder is a condition where a person is preoccupied with an image of themselves with an imagined physical defect or a defect that other people cannot see, they suffer from obsessions about their appearance that can last hours or up to an entire day (Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 2014). People with this condition are never satisfied with their appearance and often see themselves as being “ugly”, often times this can lead to the person socially isolating themselves away from others (Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 2014). This person might miss school or work and even avoid friends and family members because they are afraid that others will notice their flaws (Body Dysmorphic Disorder BDD, 2014). A person who suffers from Body Dysmorphic Disorder aka BDD, is concerned about a specific body part, it is a long term chronic disorder that affects both men and women and usually begins in teen to early adult years (Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 2014). BDD can lead to ritualistic behaviors such as constantly looking in the mirror, or picking at one’s skin. The most common reported areas of concern for people who are suffering from BDD includes: Skin imperfections such as wrinkles, scars, acne, or blemishes; Hair on the head or body...
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