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cognitive behavioural therapy articles
COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY ‘Cognitive behavioural therapy’ (or CBT) is a method of treatment that is oftenused in the treatment of severe anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.CBT is defined as:any mode or therapy that attempts to change client’s thinking, behaviours and affectthrough the use of pragmatic implementation of sound evidence (Rogers & Gournay2002).CBT relates to […]
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Treatment Approaches for Anxiety Disorders
The treatment of anxiety disorders is variable and will be directly linked to thenature and severity of the anxiety being experienced by the person. As mentionedabove, anxiety is one of the most treatable psychiatric disorders. However, it mustalso be remembered that anxiety may coexist in the presence of other psychologicaldisorders, such as depression. All this […]
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panic disorder case example
PANIC DISORDER case Carole is a 17-year-old girl who will be sitting her A-level examinations in June. She is hoping to go on to university in September, where she will read psychology. Carole’s parents are proud of her and have always made it clear to Carole that they expect her to do well. While studying […]
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What Is Panic Disorder Agoraphobia
‘Panic disorder’ is the term given for an attack of severe anxiety and fear that envelops the person at any time without any cause or stimulus. The person could be carrying on with their daily activities when, suddenly, they can develop an overwhelming sense of panic for no apparent reason. Theperson may feel as if […]
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The depressive spiral
This was mentioned earlier in the section “Working with depression”. One of the ways that we stay in a depression is because we have continuous negative thoughts that keep us from feeling better. They have the effect of keeping us in the depressive spiral. These thoughts are semi-automatic: they seem to just happen. However, they […]
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PTSD Case Example
James, a 27-year-old city banker, was caught up in the July 2005 London bombings. He was on an underground tube train near King’s Cross when the train carriage exploded next to where he was sitting. Luckily, James escaped with minor injuries, but he is still disturbed by the sights and sounds that he encountered immediately […]
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What is Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an extreme reaction to witnessing or experiencing a traumatic event in a person’s life and can happen to anybody. The American Psychiatric Association’s (1994) definition of a traumatic event, as cited in Lovell and Richards, suggests that two major issues are present: first, that the events involved actual or threatened […]
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Nursing someone who self-harms
Understanding – mechanism and meaning The first stage in nursing someone who has self-harmed is to understand what meaning the act has for them. In order to do this we have to ask about and explore with the client what happened and how they felt, before, during and after they self-harmed. This requires us to […]
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What is emotional disorders
Emotional, or internalising, disorders may be less easily recognised by parents, teachers and other adults caring for children, because the symptoms are more subtle and less likely to impinge on adults. Children may not recognise their experiences as symptoms and may not share them with parents or other adults. It is, therefore, particularly important to […]
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Behavioural phenotypes
Within each syndrome there is a degree of variability. Given that behavioural phenotypes involve probability statements, not everyone with a given syndrome will exhibit that syndrome’s characteristic behaviours. For example, studies have found that patients with Down syndrome (both children and adults) are more likely to show specifi c deficits in grammar, expressive language and […]
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Mental health articles
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