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Obsessive-compulsive disorder in "As good as it gets"

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by recurrent obsessions and/or compulsions. Obsessions may manifest as recurrent thoughts, ideas, images, impulses, fears, or doubts. Compulsions also manifest in a variety of ways.

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Psychological effects of surgery on children and preparation strategies

Pediatric surgery is usually performed on children either through the day case or inpatient surgical operations. The surgical operations result in several effects such as cognitive, behavioral, psychological, physiological and emotional effects.

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Jenny's low self-esteem and childhood trauma in Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump's Jenny grew up without a mother and endured substantial abuse as a very young girl. It is implied but not known if she was sexually or physically abused.

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Supervisor coaching and employee performance enhancement strategies

As consumer needs are changing globally, countless corporations are turning towards strategies that will lend them a competitive edge over their competitors that focus and foster innovation in various spheres of their business activities.

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Telstra's performance and reward management strategy in telecommunications

In this paper, we critically analyze the management of performance and reward in the Australian company 'Telstra' within a broad spectrum of issues. We analyze whether the management of performance and reward is strategic or how it is linked to the organizational strategy/goals.

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Existential, behavioral, and cognitive approaches to psychotherapy

Existential therapists state that all human beings possess the ability to choose their destinies: they can choose to free themselves from constricting environmental circumstances, or remain where they are, 'stuck' in an unhappy situation.

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Crisis negotiation strategies in the Bradley and Susan case

Though Bradley and Susan's situation may seem like a hostage situation, it can be characterized as a non-hostage incident. In a hostage incident, the individual will hold an individual or several individuals against their will in order to obtain a specific goal.

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Patrick Lencioni's five temptations of the CEO analyzed

With the proliferation of social networks, instant celebrity from Facebook, Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets, these temptations are for many CEOs never been stronger.

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Gumperz's contextualization cues and misinterpretation in dialogue

Contextualization cues refer to the means by which speakers signal and listeners interpret what the activity is, how semantic content is to be understood and how each sentence relates to what precedes or follows. (p.599)

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Theoretical approaches to predicting juvenile recidivism

WHITHER GOEST? Recidivism means relapse into criminal behavior, often after receiving sanction or intervention for a previous offense or crime (OJP, 2010). Juvenile offenders are 18 years old or younger.

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