Psychology and Culture Since the Term Paper

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Because of the speed of change in today's society, as well as the ramifications from psychological problems such as major depression, suicide, violence toward others and substance abuse, there is a need to help people more quickly and effectively deal with their psychological issues. The emphasis in more modern approaches is in self-development and self-actualization.

Cognitive behavior therapy, CBT, for example, is an approach for people to better handle the here and now, rather than dealing with the past and what has actually caused the psychological problems in the first place. Behavior therapy helps a person reduce the linkages between troublesome situations and the habitual reactions to them, such as fear, depression or rage, and self-defeating or self-damaging behavior. It also teaches individuals how to calm the mind and body, so they can feel better, think more clearly, and make better decisions. This is combined with cognitive therapy, which teaches patients how certain thinking patterns are causing destructive symptoms.
They give people a distorted picture of what is occurring in life that is causing anxiety, depression or anger or leading to unhealthy or violent actions. CBT is a very active therapy, which brings change more quickly and treatment is much briefer than psychoanalysis.

What is being seen in the 21st century, is a combination of therapies similar to these two of psychoanalysis and CBT. They take the best and most proven aspects of each and combine them to assist the patient more quickly handle the most pressing issues of the day as well as discover what situations in the past led them to where they are today. Although the present society's emphasis is normally on the "quick fix," it is understood by many that many problems are very deep seeded and considerable require time to heal......

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