Neurobiological

Purpose: Heavy smoking is strongly associated with schizophrenia. Schizophrenics are the heaviest smokers in the mental health population and have higher rates of smoking than the general population. This may be because they are self-medicating in order to alleviate the negative cognitive effects of the disorder and from typical antipsychotic drug treatment. Objectives: Schizophrenic patients are motivated to smoke in an attempt to self-medicate for physiological reasons associated with cognition

Research in this field has originated in two fields of traumatology (looking at adults) and developmental psychology (looking at children and youth). Early researches with adults mainly focused on identifying what led some individuals to avoid traumatic stress whereas in developmental psychology, researchers aimed to identify personal qualities, as self-esteem, differentiating children who had adapted positively to socioeconomic nuisance, abuse or neglect and tragic life events, from children showing

such as psychoanalysts, humanists, and existentialists. In considering a theoretical approach in the study of personality, theories brought forth due to these differences are the following: psychoanalytic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, and neurobiological theories. The scientific process may be influenced by the personal characteristics of the scientist, but the ultimate usefulness of the scientific product is and must be evaluated independently of the process (Feist & Feist, 2009, p. 8). In

A challenge with classifying personality disorders is that personality disorders are not stable over time while the very definition of personality disorders suggests that they should be stable over time. However, according to figure 15.2, half the people with a personality disorder at some point in time had achieved remission when interviewed two years later (455). Another challenge with classifying personality disorders is that personality disorders are highly comorbid. For instance, a person diagnosed

The Importance of Biology in the Study of Psychology Ashley B. McVey Cecil College Abstract Whether it is the study of biopsychology and other fields of psychology or neuroscience, all psychologists and scientists are trying to understand the functions of the brain. The body and mind connection and how it reacts to certain behaviors or illnesses. Most all psychological functioning can be reduced to underlying brain processes. This should serve as reason alone as to why biology plays an

Connecticut, shooting, in which a 20-year old man first killed his mother and then went to a nearby elementary school in Newtown and killed 20 children and six staff members before killing himself. Some concepts that was researched was why Neurobiological Factors, Academic Achievement, Personality Traits and Individual Differences, Exposure to Media Violence, even Access to Guns. The types of violence including Street Shootings, Rampage Shootings, Alcohol and Substance Abuse in youth

Before the veteran started the 6-week cycle of CBT, she came in for a mental health intake to address her needs and build rapport. During the assessment, she stated that she has a hard time socializing with other people because of her low self-confidence. She says that she wants to meet new people but is fearful of what others will think about her extensive sexual trauma. According to MacLean’s theory of triune brain, he proposed that the human brain is really composed into three parts: the ancient

Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is a condition that is mainly characterized by negative tendencies that are openly provocative in the course of their growth. The condition make individuals considerably more uncooperative and hostile compared to their peers at similar developmental level. Impaired Neurocognitive Functions Affect Social Learning Processes in Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder: Implications for Intervention explores various aspects of the critical disorder. The authors

the two subjects were taken under investigation from ages ranging from preschool to adulthood. It appears that those who were frequently engaged in drug use showed signs of irregular personality, poor impulse control and emotional agitation. Neurobiological processes relevant to drug addiction focused significantly upon limbic subcortical structures to help develop knowledge upon drug use effects on the brain. An incorporated representation of drug dependence that encompasses intoxication, bingeing

In the 1960’s, Walter Mischel and colleagues researched delaying gratification in children. The development of the simply designed marshmallow test yielded a better understanding of delaying gratification in children. The success of the marshmallow test generated a greater interest in understanding human self-control and fellow researchers continued to examine delaying gratification and self-control. B.J Casey, PhD, of Weill Cornell Medical College, Mischel, Yuichi Shoda, PhD, of the University of