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Discuss the evidence supporting the theory of continuum of psychosis and its criticism
Psychosis as a continuum is based on the fact that the incidence of individuals displaying symptoms of psychosis is significantly higher in the general population than the numbers diagnosed with psychotic disorder. Thus, a proportion
Discuss how CBT can help with delusions and hallucinations in psychosis
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a psychological methodology applicable to psychosis treatment, which was developed from a foundation combining the basic tenets of behavioural and cognitive psychology. The philosophy behind the approach in this context
Discuss how antipsychotics shape the biological theories of psychosis
Antipsychotics were discovered in the 1950s. This first-generation class of antipsychotics are known as classical or typical antipsychotics. Atypical antipsychotics were discovered in the 1960s. Introduction of antipsychotics into psychiatric treatment was revolutionary and largely
The differences between empathy and compassion on both experiential and neural levels.
Empathy is the ability to relate on an emotional level to another person’s feelings from their perspective and to some degree is typically accompanied by a mutual expression of emotions. Compassion is a more cognitively
ABOUT JOSH
ABOUT JOSH
Joshua Bloom was born on the 21st September 1984 in Hackney, North East London, to a Filippino mother and Jewish father of Russian-Romanian descent. He grew up in a culturally diverse part of London, sandwiched between Hackney’s infamous ‘Murder Mile’ and Stamford Hill, which is the centre of a 20,000+ strong ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, the largest in Europe. A great deal of his childhood was spent observing local flora and fauna in the surrounding parks and Hackney Marshes nature reserve. . .
