What is the meaning of; and difference between these terms:
Psychology.
Psychotherapy.
Psychoanalysis.
Psychiatry.
Also, please explain these fields of psychology:
Applied psychology,
Clinical psychology,
Educational psychology,
Health psychology,
Industrial/Organizational psychology,
Reasearch psychology,
Abnormal psychology,
Psychopathology,
Biological psychology [?!?],
Neuroscience [is it a branch of psychology?],
Cognitive psychology,
Personality psychology,
Developmental psychology,
Social psychology.
Deep psychology.
Please guys, don’t give me dictionary meanings. I can do that myself. Explain each of these terms as if you [...]

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I’m about to start a BSc in Computing Science and Psychology, but have decided to focus more of my effort on Psychology (it’s what I see myself realistically doing in the future).
For the past few years I’ve sort of been dabbling. Wasn’t sure on what I wanted to do and thus didn’t do any extra [...]

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i think it is cognitive behavior therapy
i know that cognitive is the most widley used therapy
i was hoping that somebody knew why it is the best for schizophrenia
thanks in advance

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Since I was 11 I’ve been severely depressed and suicidal. I don’t know if there is anything left to try, as I’ve done everything I know of (see below) but because I’ve been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder I can’t fix the chemical part of my depression. What do I do to stay alive and [...]

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I suffer from severe depression and pure obsessional ocd and I wanted to know if there are any alternatives for treatment besides taking pills or as an add-on to my medications…(I take zoloft, abiliify, zanax and some homeopathic stuff…) Do you have any suggestions? I’ve herd about cognitive psychotherapy but I don’t know if it’s [...]

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1. Patients’ reports indicated that people’s level of satisfaction with psychotherapy:
A) is unrelated to the level of training and experience of the therapist.
B) depends on whether or they received individual treatment or group therapy
C) depends on whether or they were treated by a cognitive therapist or a behavioral therapist
D) depends on whether or they were [...]

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5. A therapist suggests that Margaret is depressed because she attributes her failures to her own incompetence instead of blaming her parents and teachers for the unreasonable demands they place on her. The therapist’s interpretation most clearly reflects a ___________ perspective.
A) biological
B) psychoanalytic
C) humanistic
D) social-cognitive
E) trait
6. which drug sometimes helps patients exhibiting negative symptoms of [...]

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Biomedical and psychotherapy are two basic approaches to treating psychological disorders. A number of approaches fall under the category of psychotherapy, but they all include the following four essential characteristics:
1. Systematic interaction between a client and a therapist
2. Based on psychological theory and [...]

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1. _______ therapy involves using various psychoactive drugs to treat mental disorders.
Moral
Medical
Meta-analytical
Eclectic
2. Your friend believes that psychotherapy is useless and that emotional problems are just as likely to go away without treatment. You disagree because evaluation studies have found that [...]

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Such as cognitive behavioral therapy, EMDR, and/or hypnotherapy for conditions like social anxiety? And if so, are any of these things potentially disqualifying?

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Can doctors use a set of symptoms/syndrome and not say what causes it or what disease is associated?
I mean describing the symptoms back to the patient or caregiver means is pointless …they are well aware of their symptoms.
If they proscribe inappropriate medication or treatment by not narrowing the disease it can make things [...]

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I was out of work for a month for treatment and surgery for Adult Onset Hydrocephalus. Three weeks back to work, and I receive a corrective action for my poor job performance in the weeks leading up to my leave.
Because people with Hydrocephalus often have symptoms such as loss of cognitive skills, personality changes, sleeping [...]

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Are there any long term side effects from Adderall use (with a prescription and under the supervision of a doctor). I am aware of most of the common ones like possible addiction, elevated heart rate, wieght loss ,etc. The thing that I am most concerned about is neuro cognitive deficits later in life, especially considering [...]

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