Adolescent Treatment Approaches Adolescent treatment of substance abuse disorders was initially conducted through approaches used in the treatment of adults, with substance abuse disorders. It came to light in the 1980’s that the approaches used in treatment of adults, did not adequately address, pertain, or appropriately aid adolescents (Winters, Botzet, & et al, 2011). Adults and adolescents possess different manifestation elements of substance abuse, therefore through assessment, an adolescent
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The purpose of this research was to discover how social support is communicated during addiction group therapy between staff and patient, and patient to patient. I propose that the use of social support is narrowly framed within the sub-type of social support emotional support, companionship support, and informational support. The following discussion further interprets how social support use is coincide with self-disclosure and the openness of communication between staff and patient, and patient
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of stress can damage the hippocampus at the level of morphological neuroplasticity which would include reduction of dendrites, reduction in spin density, and a shrinkage of the neuropil in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex (PFC). This is due to behavioral stress leading to atrophy and retraction of the apical dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal cells, leading to a reduction in the amount of neuropil without frank cell loss. This is similar to what has been documented in post-mortem examination of
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(Virus-Orega 2013). Behaviorism and cognitive psychology can be combined to create Cognitive behavioral therapy to treat Post-traumatic stress disorder. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an effective way to treat multiple types of trauma. These traumas include trauma from terrorism for example the 9/11 terrorist attack, war trauma, sexual assault, and traffic accidents (Kar 2011). Cognitive behavioral therapy is said to be
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Aaron T. Beck Aaron T. Beck, a graduate of Yale University, is famous for his cognitive therapies and treatment for the depressed individual. Although many view his work as a therapy rather than a theory, his research is greatly appreciated. Essentially, he focused how the cognitive triad impacted depression in individuals. In his works, Beck describes how cognitive therapy is based on the theory that personality results from the way one feels and behaves as a reaction to thoughts. Hence, this
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induce prisoners into believing that they are criminals, characterized by cognitive deficits. When this is achieved, it is possible for the prisoners to undergo the process of self-recovery. CBT is a combination of two therapies, ‘Cognitive’ and ‘Behavioral’. Cognitive Therapy aims to change the way a person thinks about the issue causing concern. For example, a person who is experiencing thoughts about being unworthy of love and respect may feel withdrawn in social situations and react in timidly
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Caitlin Cox Year 13 Unit 8 D1- Evaluate two psychological approaches to health and social care service provision. When comparing the two psychological approaches that I had chosen which were the cognitive approach and behavioural approach I feel the cognitive approach is more effective. The reason I think this is because the cognitive approach focuses on the way that people think and feel as they believe that it has an impact on the actions that we carry out. The cognitive approach focuses on the
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To help Harry overcome his anxieties non-pharmacological approaches could be used which would also reduce the risk of an emergency readmission. The National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) (2009) state in their guidance low-intensity psychosocial interventions such as: structured group physical activity programme; group-based peer support programme; individual guided self-help or computerised cognitive behavioural therapy can be used to help overcome anxiety. Out of the low-intensity
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The Thief of Time The Thief of Time Philosophical Essays on Procrastination Edited by Chrisoula Andreou Mark D. White 2010 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France
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curve to the average cost curve and no potential entrant can make a positive profit by entry. Introduction The criterion by which the economic system selects survivors: those who realize profits are the survivors; those who suffer losses disappear. In the late 1920s and early 1930s it became apparent that there were severe limitations in conducting economic analysis using a framework of either pure competition or pure monopoly. Consequently, economists began shifting their attention to middle
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