Social Skills Training 08/12/09
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-
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-
Article describing and evaluating CBT
Diagnosis of Depression
Article looking at the criteria for diagnosing Depression,
with an emphasis on cognitive factors
Cognitive Therapies
Mind map outlining and evaluating the main forms of Cognitive
therapies
Eating Disorders
Mind map outlining the history and characteristics of Annorexia,
Bulimia and other eating disorders
Eating Disorders -
Mind map exploring Behavioural explanations for Annorexia,
Bulimia and other eating disorders
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Eating Disorders -
Mind map exploring Biological explanations for Annorexia,
Bulimia and other eating disorders
Eating Disorders -
Mind map exploring Cognitive explanations for Annorexia,
Bulimia and other eating disorders
raves Model
Eating Disorders -
Mind map exploring Psychodynamic explanations for
Annorexia, Bulimia and other eating disorders
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The Ancestry of Anorexia
Boston Globe article describing new Evolutionary theory explaining
Anorexia
Depression -
Mind map exploring Biological viewpoints on
the nature, characteristics and causes of Depression
Depression -
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-
Behavioural Therapies
Mind map outlining and evaluating the main forms of Behavioural
therapies
Chemotherapy Considerations
Mind map outlining and evaluating drug therapies
ECT (Electro-
Mind map outlining and evaluating this form of treatment
Psychosurgery
Mind map outlining and evaluating this highly-
Evaluating Therapies
Mind map considering the effectiveness of different types of
therapy and the factors which influence effectiveness
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
What is Stress?
Mind map exploring the nature or stress and how stressors produce
the fight-
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 -
Work-
Mind map demonstrating that a number of factors can make the workplace
dangerous for your health!
Humanistic Therapies
Article providing a general overview of Humanistic therapies
Person-
Article exploring Carl Rogers approach to therapy
Stress Management
Mind map outlining the key methods of helping people deal with their
stress experiences
Dissociative Identity Disorder -
Article discussing whether the Diagnostic
& Statistical Manual is correct in its reassignment of Multiple Personality Disorder
as DID
Dual Personality, Multiple Personality, Dissociative Identity Disorder -
Feature by Ralph Allison on his campaign to have DID and MPD recognised as
clinically different conditions
Transactional Analysis
Eric Berne’s Parent-
Social Support, Self-
Classic research
by G W Brown et al into Depression amongst women in North London -
