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Neuro-Linguistic Programme               11/08/10
Article outlining and evaluating the
NLP approach to therapy

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Dissociative Identity Disorder or Multiple Personality Disorder?

Article looking at MPD, DID and the alleged differences between them from an Integrated SocioPsychology perspective

 

 

Stress Management.

Social Skills Training
Article explaining what
Social Skills Training is and how it works with different mental health issues

 

 

 

Sources of Stress
Mind map exploring the relationship between stressors and the
fight-or-flight response

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family Therapy
Article describing how
Family Therapy works and who it works best with

 

 

 

Token Economies
Article outlining and evaluating this
Behavioural Therapy

 

 

 

Systematic Desensitisation
Article outlining and evaluating this highly effective form of
Behavioural Therapy

 

 

 

Aversion Therapy
Article outlining and evaluating this controversial form of
Behavioural Therapy

 

 

 

Cognitive-Behavioural Theory
Article describing and evaluating
CBT

 

 

 

Mental Health

Mood Disorders

Diagnosis of Depression
Article looking at the criteria for diagnosing
Depression, with an emphasis on cognitive factors

 

 

 

Diagnosis of Depression.

Psychopathology - Treatments

Cognitive Therapies
Mind map outlining and evaluating the main forms of
Cognitive therapies

 

 

 

Cognitive Therapies.

Schizophrenia

Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy.

Stress & Stress Management

Depression - Biological Considerations
Mind map exploring
Biological viewpoints on the nature, characteristics and causes of Depression

 

 

 

 

Depression - Psychological Considerations
Mind map exploring
Psychological viewpoints on the nature, characteristics and causes of Depression

 

 

 

 

Evolutionary Explanations of Depression
Mind map putting forward
Evolutionary accounts of Depression

 

 

 

 

 

Learned Helplessness
Feature by
Paul Kenyon linking 'Learned Helplessness' in dogs to Depression in humans

 

 

 

 

 

Aspects of Bipolar Disorder
In-depth feature on the nature and characteristics of this illness

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depression - Biological.
Depression - Psychological.
Depression - Evolutionary.
Learned Helplessness.
Aspects of Bipolar Disorder.

Behavioural Therapies
Mind map outlining and evaluating the main forms of
Behavioural therapies

 

 

 

Chemotherapy Considerations
Mind map outlining and evaluating drug therapies

 

 

 

ECT (Electro-Convulsive Therapy)
Mind map outlining and evaluating this form of treatment

 

 

 

Psychosurgery
Mind map outlining and evaluating this highly-controversial approach to treating
Psychpopathology

 

 

 

Evaluating Therapies
Mind map considering the effectiveness of different types of therapy and the factors which influence effectiveness

 

 

ECT.
Psychosurgery.
Chemotherapy Considerations.
Behavioural Therapies.

History of Schizophrenia
Article on the development of
Schizophrenia as a distinct concept in mental illness

 

 

 

Diagnosis and Presentation of Schizophrenia
Article on the criteria for diagnosis of
Schizophrenia

 

 

 

 

Schizophrenia
Mind map outlining the types, variations and incidence of
Schizophrenia

 

 

 

 

 

Schizophrenia: Diagnostic Issues and Controversies
Article exploring some of the difficulties and problems associated with diagnosing
Schizophrenia

 

 

 

 

 

 

Causes of Schizophrenia
A short article exploring some of the latest thinking on the causes of
Schizophrenia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Schizophrenic Brain
Graphics depicting the symptoms of
Schizophrenia in the brain and the effects of neurotransmitter fluctuations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evolutionary Explanations of Schizophrenia
Mind map putting forward
Evolutionary explanations for this condition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History of Schizophrenia.
Diagnosis of Schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia - Diagnostic Issues.
Causes of Schizophrenia.
The Schizophrenic Brain.
Schizophrenia - Evolutionary Explanations.

What is Stress?
Mind map exploring the nature or
stress and how stressors produce the fight-or-flight response

 

 

 

Stress & Illness
Mind map considering the relationship between chronic
stress and serious illnesses such as cancer and chronic heart disease

 

 

 

 

Stress Vulnerability
Mind map looking at factors which can make you more likely to experience chronic
stress

 

 

 

Stress & Individual Differences
Mind map considering how factors such as
class, ethnicity, culture and gender can make you more or less likely to experience the effects of stress

 

 

 

 

 

 

Life Changes & Stress
The investigation by
Richard Rahe, J L Mahan & R J Arthur to test Thomas Holmes & Rahe’s Social Readjustment Rating Scale - in Key Study format

 

 

 

 

 

Work-Related Stress
Mind map demonstrating that a number of factors can make the workplace dangerous for your health!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is Stress?.
Stress & Illness.
Stress Vulnerability.
Stress & Individual Differences.
Sources of Stress.
Life Changes & Stress.
Work-Related Stress.

Humanistic Therapies               13/08/10
Article providing a general overview of
Humanistic therapies

 

 

 

Person-Centred Therapy
Article exploring
Carl Rogers’ approach to therapy

 

 

 

Person-Centred Therapy.
Aversion Therapy.
Humanistic Therapies.
Systematic Densensitisation.
Token Economies.
Family Therapy.

Stress Management
Mind map outlining the key methods of helping people deal with their stress experiences

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multiple Personality Disorder & Dissociative Identity Disorder

What’s in a Name? Dual Personality...Multiple Personality...Dissociative Identity Disorder -
Feature by
Ralph Allison on his campaign to have DID and MPD recognised as clinically different conditions

 

 

 

 

Dissociative Identity or Multiple Personality?.
What's in a Name?.
Social Skills Training.

Transactional Analysis
Eric Berne’s Parent-Child-Adult template for analysing roles in relationships

 

 

 

 

Social Support, Self-Esteem & Depression                09/03/10
Classic research by
G W Brown et al into Depression amongst women in North London - set out in Key Study format

 

 

 

 

Social Support, Self-Esteem & Depression.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
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