applied psychology
Psychology is defined as the study of mental functions and behavior of individuals. Psychology is extremely important to humanity because knowing the basics of this subject can enable the opportunities to help people that we care about in a mental manner. There are many situations in where mental disorders/diseases are much more dangerous than physical disorders/diseases. The reason why, is because in some cases physical disorders/diseases are much more easy to identify and cure rather than mental disorder/diseases.
The world of psychology is well presented with my issue of child soldiers. Child soldiers have been exposed to many violent and negative situations such as being raped, forced to kill, and/or having witnessed many deaths. These experiences have developed into many psychological effects such as traumas, depression, and PTSD (posttraumatic disorder). These psychological effects can lead to suicides and/or thoughts of suicide. In a sample group called Pfeiffer et al has showed that 34% of children showed a risk of suicidal and 17% of them had a high risk of committing suicide (The Psychological Impact of Child Soldiering, Elisabeth Schauer). Children who were abducted and were turned into child soldiers need psychological help. Severe victims feel “weak, dependent and without control and competence that is vital for the psychological and cognitive coping with the environment.”
The best psychological approaches that can be used to help severely affected children would be clinical and therapeutic approaches. Some examples of approaches that are clinically would be Psychodynamic, Cognitive Behavioral Perspective, and Humanistic. Other approaches that are therapeutic are Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Person Centered, Integrative therapy, Systematic, and Existential. This means that they would receive vocational training, family tracing, and reunification. It’s assumed that once a child lives with his or her family again, the psychological wounds will automatically heal (The Psychological Impact of Child Soldiering, Elisabeth Schauer). Even though these are recommended approaches, there is no proven approach that can completely heal a child soldier in the mental perspective. My major takeaways from psychology are the fact that by knowing basic things of psychology I can then help people who need psychological help.
I believe that the field of psychology can positively help change the world by changing individuals, after changing individuals we can the change a whole society and after changing society we can also change the worlds environment.
The world of psychology is well presented with my issue of child soldiers. Child soldiers have been exposed to many violent and negative situations such as being raped, forced to kill, and/or having witnessed many deaths. These experiences have developed into many psychological effects such as traumas, depression, and PTSD (posttraumatic disorder). These psychological effects can lead to suicides and/or thoughts of suicide. In a sample group called Pfeiffer et al has showed that 34% of children showed a risk of suicidal and 17% of them had a high risk of committing suicide (The Psychological Impact of Child Soldiering, Elisabeth Schauer). Children who were abducted and were turned into child soldiers need psychological help. Severe victims feel “weak, dependent and without control and competence that is vital for the psychological and cognitive coping with the environment.”
The best psychological approaches that can be used to help severely affected children would be clinical and therapeutic approaches. Some examples of approaches that are clinically would be Psychodynamic, Cognitive Behavioral Perspective, and Humanistic. Other approaches that are therapeutic are Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Person Centered, Integrative therapy, Systematic, and Existential. This means that they would receive vocational training, family tracing, and reunification. It’s assumed that once a child lives with his or her family again, the psychological wounds will automatically heal (The Psychological Impact of Child Soldiering, Elisabeth Schauer). Even though these are recommended approaches, there is no proven approach that can completely heal a child soldier in the mental perspective. My major takeaways from psychology are the fact that by knowing basic things of psychology I can then help people who need psychological help.
I believe that the field of psychology can positively help change the world by changing individuals, after changing individuals we can the change a whole society and after changing society we can also change the worlds environment.