Psychology Essay Samples
Anorexia
Even though the problem of hunger is not a burning issue in developed countries today, more and more people suffer from some eating conditions. Anorexia, also known as Anorexia Nervosa, is the disorder that continues to affect more and more people nowadays. Healthcare providers regard it as the eating disorder with ... Details
Equine-Assisted Mental Health Ethical Issues
Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a growing field in the mental health profession. The therapy and research on equine-assisted therapy (EAT) remain in its early stages and few studies empirically support this modality. Notwithstanding, client’s treatment outcomes based on the approach remain promising. AAT is credited with providing physiological, physical, and psychological health benefits for both professionals and clients. EAT, a type of AAT, is increasingly ... Details
Ethical Decision Making
Counsellors have a mandate to protect the welfare of their clients throughout their practice as part of their duty. Considering the level of confidential information that vulnerable consumers of counseling activities give to the counselors in despair and with hope of getting the anticipated help, it remains important for the counselor to ensure that such information is used only for ... Details
Hurried Child
The global culture is fast changing. Now more than ever, the level of a person’s success and achievements determine the person’s value and worth. One of the negative ramifications of the proliferation of this culture is that parents are increasingly applying pressure on their children and young adults to succeed, achieve and please. Consequently, children are deprived of their childhood as they are tasked with more responsibilities than they should. These children become what David Elkind ... Details
IAP Final Assignment
Personality perspectives refer to the various ways of categorizing people’s behavior. People’s behaviors are categorized into various groups, and each person falls under either of these groups. As a matter of fact, people behave differently to various situations while some people behave in a certain way that others do not. There are those that may be emotional than others; others are people-oriented while others are task-oriented. All these differences are categorized into specific groups by ... Details
Biopsychosocial Assessment
Carla is a 54 year-old, single, Hispanic female. Carla has been having uncontrollable mood swings for the past 6 years. Initially she was depressed for the first year. She has had a loss of energy, loss of appetite, and irritability. She has strong urges of outburst towards her daughter which began several months ago. Carla is the eldest of five siblings. She has one younger brother and four younger sisters. Carla was born and raised in Colorado. Carla was forced to drop out of middle school to work and take ... Details
