Medicine Essay Samples

There are three classifications of personal disorders. The first group includes paranoid, schizotypal and schizoid personality disorders. The second group deals with antisocial, borderline, historic and narcissistic personality disorders; while the third group describes the features of avoidant, dependent and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders. There are a lot approaches to treatment of these disorders but it goes without saying that all of them must take into account such factors, as surrounding, family, inheritance, biological and sociocultural aspects. Continue reading →

Psychotherapy develops impetuously during the last 50 years. New trends of this kind of therapy appear every year. Humanistic therapy, as one of the branches of psychotherapy, was developed comparatively recently but quickly became popular. The roots of this kind of treatment may be found in the 19th century in the works of famous philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard. The main goal of humanistic therapy is the investigation of immediate state and personal experience at the present moment. In this type of psychotherapy immediate feelings are of current importance and the focus is put on the present state, while past thoughts and behaviors are of little significance. Focusing on the present moment gives the patients the opportunity to get ready to further actions and change their focus from past. Continue reading →

Clinical Psychology is a type of psychology that is based on the application of knowledge about human behavior to diagnose and treat people with disorders of emotions, thoughts and behavior. Clinical psychology requires the basic knowledge of practically all aspects of human life: social bases of behavior, its biological basing, ethical, legal and professional aspects, knowledge of statistics, methodology and psychological measurement. Continue reading →