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(2008, 350 words + 5 slides Presentation)
The paper presents an overview of the outcomes of mental illness in women during pregnancy covering the issues of childbirth, maternal deaths, Postpartum psychosis, related ethical issues, etc. No references are supplied. A power point presentation of the research is offered in a separate file.
(2007, 2900 words)
A case study of a 56 year old divorcee Ms Suzanne Skelvington who lives alone in Maida Vale is considered here and her professional and social problems are highlighted to show how these factors tend to affect her physical well being. Ms Skelvington has reported as suffering from chest pain and shortness of breath which could be diagnosed as cardiac related symptoms and she also has irregular exercise habits, unhealthy social lifestyle, excessive drinking and high fat eating patterns. All these issues have been considered as she refers to a health psychologist for medical advice, psychological counselling and a diet and exercise schedule. This discussion is focused on unravelling the issues in health psychology as relevant for this particular case study and all psychological, social and behavioural dimensions are considered.
(2006, 3000 words)
The paper addresses the racial issues of mental health diagnosing within ethnic minority communities in the UK focusing on African Caribbean and Irish groups. Negative experiences related to the mental health service are described discussing the stigmas attached to mental illness, the attitudes toward minority communities, etc.
(2006, 2500 words)
The paper examines the treatment for depression known as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the brain reviewing functional and clinical characteristics of TMS, the history of its development, etc. A study of TMS application is conducted to determine long term effects of the treatment.
(2006, 2500 words)
The paper examines psychological and pharmacological treatments for panic disorder (PD) presenting a clinical overview of PD, reviewing cognitive behavioural approaches to PD, describing peopleĢs experiences of PD, and evaluating the efficiency of the treatment.
(2006, 1100 words)
The following piece of work will attempt to provide a comprehensive summary of an authoritative work by Reicher and Haslam, titled ‘rethinking the psychology of tyranny: The BBC prison study’. Published in the prestigious British Journal of Social Psychology, the paper strongly endorses the need for a group-level psychology of tyranny and argues that that powerful and effective group provide an effective psychological safeguard against tyranny and that it is when groups prove ineffective that tyrannical forms of social organization begin to become attractive.
(2006, 1500 words)
The paper examines the issue of classifying psychological disorders defining the meaning of ‘classification’, describing DSM-IV classification system for psychological disorders, highlighting the importance of classification in clinical psychology, reviewing the scepticism about its negative effects and reflecting on the changes in historical and cultural interpretations of ‘normality’ and ‘abnormality’.
(2006, 1000words)
This paper will attempt to appraise the benefits, disadvantages and difficulties of applying a mathematical modelling approach to problems in psychology, drawing up on the article by Scott Clair titled ‘A Cusp Catastrophe Model for Adolescent Alcohol Use: An Empirical Test’ for examples.
(2006, 1000 words)
The following piece of work will attempt to provide a comprehensive prłcis of an authoritative work by Paul Dean, John Porrill and James V. Stone (2003) titled, ‘Visual awareness and the cerebellum: possible role of decorrelation control’ . Based on and dedicated to Prof. Alan Cowey’s extensive work in the field of visual science, this contribution specifically concentrates on computer modelling of cerebellar function.
(2006, 1500 words)
The paper discusses the study on the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in older adults reviewing previous investigations in the area of PTSD, describing PTSD symptoms, their relation to age, the delayed onset of PTSD among veterans, etc.
(2006, 2500 words)
The paper examines biological and psychological roots of depression as a clinical condition reviewing literature on depressive syndromes, genetic aetiology of depression, the relationship between stress and depression, biological and environmental transmission of depression, etc.
(2006, 4000 words)
The paper seeks to understand if creativity is related to psychosis providing a review of opinions on the relationship between personality and creativity, creativity and psychoticism, latent inhibition (LI), domains of personality with the focus on openness and divergent thinking (DT), etc. The authors hypothesis is tested on visual artists; the methods, apparatus, procedure and results of the test are reported on and discussed.
(2005, 3000 words)
The paper looks at the forms of information feedback related to the outcome of the task, namely, knowledge of results (KR) and knowledge of performance (KP). KR is defined and analysed in terms of its effects on the performance and retention of a task. A study is conducted to test the authors hypothesis. Conclusions are made about the role of KR in the area of motor learning.
(2004, 1900 words)
"Diagnosis is the Holy Grail of psychiatry and they key to its legitimation" once said the psychiatrist Joel Kovel (1980). So why, if it is such a fundamental aspect in psychiatry, has it been the topic of increased criticsm in recent times? There have especially been growing criticisms over the levels of reliability and validity of psychiatric diagnoses and serious questions have been asked about whether they are actually accurate enough. There are a number of factors responsible for this, and the aim of this essay is to gain a better insight into them and also explore a range of possible solutions to this problematic area.
(2004, 1500 words)
This essay examines the development of language and speech from the late 19th century to the present day. Each development is acknowledged and compared to the experimental and scientific evidence available at the time, to attempt to establish a connection between communication and brain specialisation. The work discusses the advantages that have been gained and weighs them against the moral and ethical dilemmas that psychologists face when dealing with living, and often disabled, patients, and concludes with an argument that the benefit of further research should be assessed against such problems.
(2005, 2000 words)
The paper is a discourse on the subject of schizophrenia; the author seeks to understand whether or not the disease causes violent criminal behaviour. Types of schizophrenia are defined; studies related to the links between mental disorder and criminality are reviewed; the issues concerning social status are discussed.
(2005, 3000 words)
The paper looks into the origins of depression focusing on the most common types of this disorder. Various approaches to the concept of depression are outlined and grouped into biological and psychological theories. The problems of depression are discussed in relation to twin studies, biochemical research, parental nurturing, adaptation skills, etc. Limitations of the discussed models of depression are analysed.
(2004, 5400 words)
The essay analyses and discusses whether the psychopaths are born or made
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