Functional psychology

Dreams otherwise known as Personal Legends in the novel The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, are thoughts, goals, and aspirations a person not has only in their mind while asleep but also in reality. An idea that an individual looks forward to as they rise from the morning and gives them happiness. Therefore, Dreamers have set out these ideas with the hopes and wishes that one day they 'll be able to achieve them. Each and everyone in the world ends up having a dream, they may not all realize their…

Behavioral medication is a field of science that applies biomedical science knowledge to prevent, diagnose, and treat disorders that affect the development, behavior, and psychological mindsets of diagnosed individuals in order to improve mental health and reduce major symptoms. This includes anxiety, depression, asthma, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, and substance abuse (Behavioral Medicine). However, treatments are expensive and prescribed medications do not work for everyone. In fact, a study in…

Mental Illness and How it Should be Treated “These ‘harmless’ antidepressants have recently been linked to violent behavior, loss of impulse control, and suicidal thoughts” (Eakman). One thing that is real important is the over-prescribing of patients. That also leads into doctors not caring what they do to their patients, just observe them, diagnose them, and give them unneeded prescriptions for no reason inset for the money the doctors are making. People may think mental illness is somebody…

The meaning of happiness is always different depending on who you ask. Some may say that true happiness is not really found on purpose but on accident, a sort of serendipity that shows itself when you least expect it. Others claim that happiness automatically shows appears as a result of other positive feelings like love,freedom and creativeness. One thing about the idea of happiness is that there always seems to be a philosophy or theory on how to achieve it , as if it were a master key to…

Walking into English 28 that first Wednesday of class I had no idea what to expect. I was a bit nervous, being that I had been out of school for over 10 years and English is my least favorite subject, but I just wanted to get it out of the way, so I wanted to take it first. Surprisingly, I actually found the class very hopeful and easy to understand. I learned many different things. Among those things, three things really stood out, the writing process, different types of paragraphs, and…

1. How are geriatric clients not served in your community? Explore the resources available and explain what is needed based on population. 50 points My community geriatric clients get the services that are provided to the whole county. While the county provides a variety of services for elders (e.g. case management services: home delivered meals, housekeeping, shopping and laundry service, personal care, visiting nurse, home health aid, and workshops for caregivers), I did not see any…

Touch wood, I like to think that I have lead a relatively healthy life up to this point. I like to eat healthily for the majority of the time and look back on some of the choices I made when I was a young adult and cringe at the fact that I did at one point smoke cigarettes. Apart from routine check-ups it is fairly rare for me to need to see a doctor. Working with children I like to think that I have a fairly strong immune system. If I do feel as though my throat is getting a bit scratchy I…

The case study method often describes an extensive investigation of one person (or a particular group of people), with the “hope of revealing universal principles” (Myers, D. (2010). Psychology (9th Edition), United States of America: Worth Publishers). They often adopt an idiographic approach, which is defined as “relating to the study or discovery of particular scientific facts and processes” (Oxford Dictionary). These clinical and developmental studies are undertaken over a fixed period of…

Writing is one of the most fundamental skills I will always continue working on in order to perfect it. Having taken the writing 101 has really helped me when it comes to writing essays in a fast pace, as well as leaning how to work with different writing styles. To begin, I learned about using American Psychological Association in my writing and how to format my essays as my professor requested. Secondly, the fast pace class showed me how to manage my time successfully in order to focus more on…

In short, yes I have—many were made recently and more are coming soon. I refuse to continue living where I’m now; I’m preparing to apply for a dorm for upcoming semester and rent out the house I’m currently residing in. I also intend to kick my horrible mother off my land and into her own house that she owns out in the country due to the fact I wish to sell the RV I’m allowing her to live. It has reached the breaking point for me: I cannot continue to live in a place where all the people who…