You may ask why I want to explain it. Why does the understanding of development require a relational concept of causality? Well, I suggest you grab a coffee because this post is a bit long. But hopefully by the end you will understand why relational causality is the best way ...
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So people are saying that today is the Rapture. Oh noes... With a special dedication for all of those silly silly people, here's a little something I wrote on my final year. I also expect all of the people who follow logic, reason and science to enjoy themselves today and onwards. ...
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How often do you read news and come across an article that is making outrageous and ground-breaking claims? The answer is: almost everyday. There are stories that are covered in almost every newspaper available in th UK and there are some that only make it to obscure and down right stupid ...
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Please go to the link below and sign the petition if you support equality and human rights: http://www.allout.org/en/petition/uganda You can read about what All Out does and what they stand for if you follow the below link: http://www.allout.org/en/about [caption id="attachment_215" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image from www.allout.org"][/caption]
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[caption id="attachment_203" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Photo: Luigi Diamanti"][/caption] As it was announced at the very beginning, now and again I enjoy topics that I feel strongly about and are psychology related. Therefore I would like to suggest the reading of the British Psychological Society's Research Digest blog on how the thoughts of death ...
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[caption id="attachment_181" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Photo: Louisa Stokes"][/caption] In the DSM-IV there are 3 disorders of feeding, or eating that some people are unaware of: Pica, Rumination Disorder and Feeding Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood (Grilo, 2006). I would like to briefly introduce them. Pica: persistent pattern of eating non-nutritive substances ...
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[caption id="attachment_160" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Photo: Salvatore Vuono "][/caption] Autism is a lifelong condition that affects the way in which a person communicates and relates to the people around them and also affects they way in which the world is perceived and thus how they make sense of it. It is a ...
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I have decided that now and again I am going to suggest a book that may be of interest. I was prompted to do this by receiving an email from a person asking for a good book on the topic of medication. I was then permitted to answer this request broadly ...
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[caption id="attachment_109" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="picture author: Abominator"][/caption] It seems that many people if asked for their opinion on eating disorders say that they are caused by all the media, the culture, the skinny models, the glossy magazines with dieting tips and pictures of impossible to achieve body types. Perhaps, the biological ...
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[caption id="attachment_173" align="alignright" width="199" caption="source: Photostock"][/caption] . Today's post is a short introduction to play therapy for children. There are different forms of treatment for childhood psychological problems, such as behaviour therapy, CBT, family therapy, functional family therapy and of course drug treatments. However, play therapy seems especially useful in children who are ...
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