Psychology

Readmission rates of mental health patients have soared in the recent past. This trend is an inherent source of frustration to patients, families and the respective treatment teams. Indeed, the rapid deterioration of patients that culminates in readmission can be distressing to the patients as well as their supporters. The complex process of discharge and re hospitalization that happens within a very short period of time requires lengthy hours of multidisciplinary efforts and input that is always...

The paper seeks to identify the writers predominant leadership style. The Situational Leadership theory is discussed. The paper evaluates the situations, in which the dominant leadership style works to the best of the leader and the organization. The recommendations for maximizing the benefits of the leadership style are provided. Leadership style is the critical component of any organizations success, and it is important that leaders are able to identify and apply their leadership style to maximize...

Effective leadership is the process of successfully guiding organizational goals by utilizing available resources. This paper analyses the characteristics of my leader and explains the approach used in this case. I work in a childrens welfare and a leader in my organization would be my supervisor because she has been with the company for 25 years and she is very smart. My supervisor has helped greatly in the achievement of organizational goals through guiding the marketing She has achieved this...

Verbal learning is a field or discipline in experimental psychology that involves the study of particular verbal associations as well as acquisition of the associations. It is getting hold of verbal information and retaining it. It can be referred to as memorization in daily terms. There have been studies about how people acquire knowledge through connecting or associating things that are repeatedly occurring closely together in a given time. Verbal learning consists of primarily two undertakings...

Adolescence is a stage in a persons life between puberty and adulthood. The stage usually falls between the ages of 10 to the early 20s. The children become young adults. It involves maturity in both social and physical aspects of an individual thus making them to become sexually mature and socially independent. This stage also involves them starting to develop a sense of who they are and they tend to learn more from people outside their families. Major milestones related to the physical development...

Language can be defined as a particular and a more specific system of decoding and encoding information. It can also be defined as a means of communicating which entails the use of conventional symbols and sounds. The term language has also been used severally to denote or refer to the natural languages which characterize the most common means of communication which is highly considered peculiar among human beings. Language is thus defined as the process of communicating feelings and thoughts through...

Neurotransmitters are chemicals that permit the signal transmission from a neuron across a synapse. The neurotransmitters can also be found in the axon endings of the motor neurons and they stimulate the effects of the fibers of the muscles. There are also certain neurotransmitters that are produced by glands, such as the adrenal and the pituitary glands. The neurotransmitters are stored in the bulbous end of the nerve cell which is also called the axon and when an electric impulse that is traveling...

One of the fundamental characteristics of life is the fact that change is inevitable as age advances. A primary change occurs in the duties and responsibilities that individuals have to contend with as they grow. For people getting into adulthood, they are faced with social compulsory roles of forming families, caring for their aging parents, catering for their children as well as strategizing for an imminent retirement. As one grows, change occurs in all the facets of the individuals life including...