Hypnosis

Three Times the Tasks Means Three Times the Trauma Trauma seems to be the name of the game when it comes to J.K. Rowling’s series on the life of young Harry Potter. He suffers greatly by having his parents killed, is forced to live with abusive extended family, and then is literally shoved into a world of magic in which he is forced to learn quite quickly that luck is never quite on his side. Ms. Rowling’s fourth chapter of Harry’s life, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, proves no…

Germany at one point was well gifted in the art of film making. In the 1920’s German expressionism was wildly popular and inspired many filmmakers however, Germany hit a creative cinematic drought during the war and became very idle after. It was in late 1960’s that the New German Cinema movement began to get its footing. This movement was inspired by the French New Wave, causing young directors to shun the old film making ways and bring new life to the film industry. These films were normally…

Arteriosclerosis Arteriosclerosis is a disease that affects the cardiovascular system. It occurs when the blood vessels stiffen and prevent blood and nutrients from circulating to the organs and other body parts. Many people consider it a heart problem, but it can affect the circulatory system in any part of the body. Symptoms of arteriosclerosis include chest pain, leg pain, numbness, poor circulation (cold hands or feet), leg cramps, blurred vision, and high blood pressure. However,…

How Commercials or Advertising are Propagandistic and Affect the Way We Think and Act The word “propaganda” gets thrown about quite a lot. For example, a politician may discredit an opposing politician’s campaign videos (a form of advertising) by calling it propaganda. That’s not entirely false technically, as propaganda is defined by Oxford Dictionaries as: “chiefly derogatory information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or…

Introduction This report is going to study the differences between orthodox medicine and complementary therapies for the treatments of conditions that affect different systems of the body. Next, the attitudes of the population towards complementary therapies will be analysed, as well as their psychological effects and contra-indications. The sources of information that claim the benefits of complementary therapies will be evaluated to know their reliability. Finally, it is going to be evaluated…

With war there comes trauma, and not all the casualties of war experience only physical symptoms. It was during World War I that soldiers’ mental trauma became more popularly examined. We now know that traumatic events can leave someone experiencing PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Back in 1914, soldiers fighting in the war had their own version called “shell shock”. In the beginning of World War I, British soldiers began to report medical symptoms after combat such as amnesia,…

Cognitive function is a complicated function of human brain. The risk factors of cognitive function are not comprehensive. Cognitive function can be influenced by psychological (Santos et al.,2012 ), nutritional, medical (including medical conditions and prescription and nonprescription medications), social, economic, or behavioral, toxic environmental exposures, and genetic factors(Plassman et al., 2010) . As worldwide population aging, this topic increasingly interests researchers. There are…

Differentiate between repressed memories, recovered memories, and false memories. What does the research support? Repressed memories are memories that are kept hidden from yourself. Recovered memories are memories that were repressed but recovered during hypnosis or psychotherapy. False memories are memories that are distorted or imagined. There is no way to differentiate between the recovered memory to be true or false. However, some cases use a recovered memory to convict sexual abusers and…

Beautiful Mind”). This came with the creation of psychiatric hospitals and laws to protect patients. It was also followed by the treatment of psychoanalysis, which sought to cure delusions and irrationalities with distraction as well as through hypnosis and dream analysis (“A Beautiful Mind”). Later, somatic treatment was developed, which included “psycho-pharmacology, psychosurgery, electroconvulsive therapy, and electric shock therapy” (“A Beautiful Mind”). The use of pharmacological…

The World Health Organization (2016) has defined cancer as a term used to describe a large group of diseases which may affect any body parts including the brain, lung, bone, lymph node, and liver. By nature, our body controls the creation, growth, and death of cells. Cancer begins when cells do not die in a normal state (Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. , 2016) and when the abnormal cells are created rapidly and divide in an uncontrolled way. These excess cells then grow and form a…