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Family therapy treatment for Hritek, a fourteen-year-old with Asperger's syndrome

Hritek is a 14-year-old boy who is psychologically impaired by Asperger's. He is the only child of Abdon (father, male), aged 41 and Padma (mother, female), aged 39. Abdon is a college graduate who works for a biotech company. His mother is a high school graduate and does not work.

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Comorbidity of mood and anxiety disorders with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

Article Critique: Mood and Anxiety Disorders Just like certain psychological disorders like depression and anxiety are frequently comorbid, certain physical conditions are associated with psychological problems.

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Astin's student involvement theory and Tinto's student retention model

Astin (1984) defined student involvement as “the amount of physical and psychological energy that the student devotes to the academic experience” (p. 518).

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Unconditional positive regard in therapeutic relationships with difficult clients

Working with Clients: Reflections on the ProcessAccording to the American Psychological Association (APA) dictionary definition of “Unconditional Positive Regard,” the concept reflects “an attitude of caring, acceptance, and prizing” that the therapist offers to a client “irrespective of his or her…

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Paternalistic Leadership: Benefits, Drawbacks, and Trust

Explores research on paternalistic leadership's positive effects in eastern cultures and its negative psychological impacts when trust breaks down in the workplace.

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Symbolism and character development in Henry James's Washington Square

Nineteenth and early0twentieth century American author Henry James is known for the psychological incisiveness of his works, and the way his characters seem at once fully developed into real and complex human beings and yet remain fully accessible and understandable to the reader.

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Delusional thinking and medication non-compliance in hypertensive cardiac patients

The scenario described in the case study is centered on the frequently problematic intercession between psychological illness and the need for treatment of regular bodily health concerns.

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The Big Five personality model and self-assessment accuracy

Five Factor Personality Test (http://www.personalitytest.org.uk/) was developed for use in online psychological research. It consists of forty-one questions and is based on the "Big Five" model that states that there are five main dimensions necessary to broadly describe human personality.

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Defamation and slander in the digital age: legal consequences and reputational harm

One of the most common issues, psychologists will face is applying how different ideas are relevant in real world situations. In the case of defamation and slander, these consequences can have a negative impact on the reputation of the individual.

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Integrating sociological and individual perspectives on criminal behavior

Kubrin (n.d.) claimed in the Criminal Behavior video that "sociological theories differ from psychological theories because they move beyond the biological and genetic aspects of intelligence." This may be true in some cases but ultimately incomplete.

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