Essays on Clinical Psychology

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How The Antisocial Personality Traits of Those Diagnosed with Psychopathy Are Conducive to Assault

4 pages / 1768 words

Assault is a violent crime defined as applying force to another person without their consent (Criminal Code Act 1899). A combination of social learning, social bonding, and personality theory can be used to explain why some people may commit assault and how to prevent these...

Antisocial Personality Disorder Psychopaths

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The Use of Routine Activities Theory and Psychopathy to Explain Criminal Behavior

5 pages / 2411 words

Introduction Theories which explore crimes from the perspective of offenders are of crucial importance in the field of criminology. The application of such theories to criminal events helps us identify key contributing factors that can explain the criminal behavior and have significant policy implications. For...

Criminal Behavior Psychopaths

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A Research on Psychopathy as a Neuro-developmental Disorder

4 pages / 1629 words

Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterized by a certain set of traits. It can be broken down to 16 key characteristics combined of behavioural, interpersonal and cognitive. A psychopath can be described as an individual who suffers from constant antisocial behaviour, lack of remorse, lack...

Mental Health Psychiatry Psychopaths

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Psychopaths and What We Can Learn from Them

3 pages / 1360 words

Introduction When we think of “Psychopaths” or the term “Psychopathy”, the pictures that tend to jump into our mind are those of manipulators, terrorists, psychotic serial killers, the coldblooded murderers portrayed in horror movies or the sort of nightly creatures that crawl in the worst...

Psychological Disorders Psychopaths

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Causes and Detection of Psychopaths in a Crowd

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Introduction Recently as the times change, society has put more interest into the study of the human mind, our emotional and mental constitutions. This is not the case for psychopathy. For many years, professionals and public alike were horrific but appealed to the idea of...

Psychological Disorders Psychopaths

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Into The Mind of a Psychopath

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Introduction Psychopathy refers to a mental disorder in which individuals develop amoral and unethical behaviour that typically violates societal norms, values, and beliefs. Characteristics are similar to that of an individual diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder where traits such as lack of empathy, remorse, guilt,...

Psychological Disorders Psychopaths

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Analysis of The Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Reference to Other Therapeutic Approaches

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Introduction Since the advancements of medical science from the beginning of civilisation also came advancements of Philosophy/Psychology from the first established civilisations such as the Greeks who were fascinated with personality, specifically Hippocrates who developed his own diagnostic tool based on personality of a person...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Cognitive Psychology

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Critical Evaluation of The Effectiveness of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

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Psychological therapies, also referred to as talking therapies, are used to support people who are suffering from psychological issues such as depression, anxiety and/or obsessive compulsive disorder. There are a range of these therapies available, a few of the well-established ones are Cognitive Behavioural Therapy...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Cognitive Psychology

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The Relationship Between Psychopathy and Criminal Behavior

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Introduction Introduction: Psychopaths are involved in all forms of crime, especially violent crime (Danka). Over the past several decades lots of researchers have been devoted to the relationship between psychopathy and crime (Danka). Psychopaths engaging in criminal behaviour is an inevitable occurrence which begs the...

Criminal Behavior Psychopaths

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Decision Making and Responsibility in Psychopaths

2 pages / 1099 words

Introduction Psychopathy has widely been noted as a challenge for the law as it is a hard concept to formulate laws around protecting society, respecting a human agency and holding individual’s responsible for said agency (Fox et al, 2013 p.1). The issue of responsibility is...

Decision Making Psychopaths Responsibility

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Psychopaths and Their Recognition as Dangerous Or Decent People in Society

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Psychopathy is a personality disorder that effects roughly 1% of the population. The stereotype associated with psychopaths is that they are all ‘cold-blooded killers’, however this is not true. Most of those with psychopathic traits are often considered to be the average citizen, most achieving...

Personality Psychopaths

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: a Theoretical Reflection

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Cognitive behavioral therapy relies on the notion that as humans, our thoughts, emotions and behaviors are linked to one another. The aim of cognitive behavioral therapy is to identify the linkages between emotions, thoughts and actions, and work with clients to determine what is helpful...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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The Effectiveness of Cognitive-behavioural Therapy in Treating Depression

4 pages / 1928 words

In our modern time, depression is strongly talked about when it comes to a mental health issue, also is the use of cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT). When mixing CBT and depression, it introduces a new way of dealing with the symptom of depression and how...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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Application of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Practices for Substance Addiction

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Introduction to Addiction According to “Statistics of Addiction in America,” in 2011, there were 20.6 million people who were affected by addiction starting from the age of 12. Tobacco addiction is not even included in these statistics; imagine how many millions the actual number would...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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Man’s Authenticity in The Search for Meaning Through Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy

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Background of the Study Viktor Frankl‘s s most popular book, Man’s Search for Meaning, is one of the resource where one can understand his life and work. The book details Frankl‘s experiences in the concentration camps. This book of Frankl which has been translated into...

Man’s Search For Meaning Meaning of Life Psychotherapy

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My Career Choice in Counseling

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Throughout my childhood, teachers, parents and sometimes strangers who always ask me: “what do you want to be when you grow up?” I would freeze for a second and quickly say “A doctor” or “A firefighter”. Now as I am typing the introduction to this...

Career Counseling Dream Job

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Depression and Its Main Causes

3 pages / 1373 words

Introduction Depression is an illness that is beyond human control. It affects the mind in a negative way and also influences the way we perceive and apply information in our lives. Cortisol is known as the ‘stress hormone’. Many children experience sustained stress, which leads...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Depression Mental Health

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The Use of Hope in Cognitive-behavioral Theory

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Abstract Hope is one of the four common factors that are important for the counseling process. It is a future-oriented view that one will have an optimistic potential, and it can be helpful for people who seek counseling for various psychological disorders. Hope facilitates the...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Hope

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Family Counseling Case Study: Structural Family Therapy

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Abstract This research intends to identify leading figures, historical and current events, assumptions, development of the theory, concepts, and techniques related to Structural Theory. It will describe how integrating biblical scriptures and the writer’s own faith and family counseling approach to help the family that...

Family Therapy