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RITA GUERRERO:
VICTIM OF THE
ALTERNATIVE
MEDICINE
Psychotherapy for
adolescents.
"I do not
hurt."
Addiction:
a complex
disease.
Experts issue
urgent “call to 5 PHRASES THAT
action” to battle
obesity among BETRAY THE
African- DECEITFUL
American
women and girls
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Editorial
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Content
• Editorial 03
• Psychotherapy for adolescents 04
• RITA GUERRERO: VICTIM
OF THE ALTERNATIVE
MEDICINE 07
• 5 PHRASES THAT BETRAY
THE DECEITFUL Redacción:
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• Experts issue urgent “call to Mtro.
action” to battle obesity among
African-American women and Cesar Andres Monroy Fonseca
girls 11 Editing, Design and Layout:
• "I do not hurt." Addiction: a Diana Cárdenas
complex disease 13
Gustavo Pulgar
• Bibliography 15
• Amusement 16
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Psychotherapy for rules imposed, and they
adolescents.
rebel.
It is important that
parents know to stay calm,
"Acquire from this or that young habits is
learn not catch up of
unimportant: Has absolute importance."
adolescents in discussions
Aristotle
and are clear that they will
Adolescence can be a slow process or not lose their child if they
tumultuous in regard to the wishes, can overcome this stage
aspirations, moods and the estimated quietly, accepting the
values​​. All these changes result in a new changes, this is something
conception of the inner world and the outer not always succeed alone
world, a new confrontation with the ethical and sometimes need
concepts, religious and social, a guidance and support to
reassessment of the past and, especially, of both parents and children.
the future, which you can live with feeling
Adolescence is a crucial
of anxiety about the future and mourn the
time in the life of man, at
past, and this anxiety is related to the
this stage parents and
process of self-knowledge.
children experience
Adolescence is a period of life in which multiple challenges and
the confusion is the dominant aspect, due problems. Anxiety,
to the many changes that occur in her start confusion, worry, and
new relationships with parents and with the disagreements accompany
outside, there is a break with the world of this stage. So both parents
children and physical changes occur, so and children may require
that they must adapt to their new body help or counseling.
image. Sometimes parents can feel
Not all adolescents experience these overwhelmed and
changes in the same way as it depends on overwhelmed by the new
the environment you have each, in other situations they face are
personal experiences and lived above. perceived as inefficient and
Generally it is not an easy time, or for the powerless, and various
teenagers, or for parents. Often, the quest complications arise many
for independence conflicts with parents questions, so professional
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help can be very helpful when dealing with the proposed change regarding
the children during this stage being more questioning, critical, rebellious,
etc.
The teenager meanwhile, generally is distressed and confused not sure
what's wrong, difficult to understand their different moods, emotions and
feelings because this period is characterized by separation and
differentiation primarily of parents, which implies a knowledge of
themselves does not present an easy task for many teens but help and
discuss their problems and intimacy can be difficult and uncomfortable,
especially with close family, so a therapist and being oblivious to the
dynamics family can become a good ally in solving these problems.
The teenage world
seems complex and
always against him. If
you believe that
substance abuse,
addictions (alcohol,
drugs, video games,
Internet, etc.), eating
disorders (anorexia,
bulimia, etc.), And
general behavior and
adjustment problems,
therapy can be a tool
helpful. There may be
times when parents
wonder when to seek
help psychology, these
cases include:
■ If teens feel very
disoriented, confused
or distressed.
■ If the relationships
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within the family are still very ■ Addictive behaviors in relation
complicated, full of aggression or to alcohol, drugs etc.
there are communication ■ Persistent challenge to authority,
problems. both parents and adults as
■ If the process of separation from teachers.
parents has been very complex and ■ Vocational disorientation,
unwieldy. difficulty in guiding and directing
■ When the teen's mood affects their own lives.
negatively the functioning in the In psychological therapy seeks
school, family or social. to help adolescents who
■ If you look at the young experience difficulties with their
frequent outbursts and / or emotions and behavior.
moodiness, changes in mood. Low Psychotherapy helps in several
self-esteem, self-blame, self- ways, in addition to emotional
destructive behavior. support, helping them to resolve
■ Significant changes in sleep or conflicts with other people,
eating habits and eating disorders: understand feelings and problems
anorexia, bulimia, obesity. and trying new solutions to their
■ Difficulties or significant change problems.
in school performance.
The teen requires constant monitoring and support from adults that
make their social network. The basis for attaining changes in emotions
and behavior of the person relies on communications involving the
adolescent individually. Leaving him is wrong, but so is not allowing
build their independence. This is therefore the task of the adult:
understanding, respect and value the teenager.
Alejandra Alborez Montes
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RITA GUERRERO: VICTIM
OF THE ALTERNATIVE
MEDICINE
These days of March the cultural national circle is of mourning. Us
there went away one of these women that only there is one for
generation. Rita Guerrero was for many slightly more than only a singer.
It was an icon of the artistic postmodern era; of the rescue of the
viceregal culture and his more in force reinterpretation in the context of
the arts. First of all this, Clinical Current importance in Psychology
wants to do a denunciation. Till when the authorities are going to allow
the professional practicing professionally without qualifications of the
alternative therapies in areas as critical as that of the treatment of the
cancer?
Rita Guerrero was a 46-year-
old Latin woman of age, with
diagnosis of cancer of breast in
intermediate stage, without bony
metastasis. A woman with these
characteristics has very high
possibilities of surviving, and even
overcome the carcinogenic
episode. Year with year for this
reason one has come the cup of
mortality diminishing, thanks to
the medicine oncological. Why did
Rita die? For something that day
after day millions of women do on
having fallen down in the
networks of the wile: to believe
that an unknown effect of an
alternative therapy is better than a
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minimal effect of the health, these will continue
chemotherapy. Rita left the proliferating, and cheating the
treatment oncological supported people with his promises of
by the scientific community after wisdom beyond the scientific
not obtaining the awaited results understanding. We say deception
(here, a medical mistake on not because Rita was not a silly
having explained the scopes and woman. It was intelligent for not
period of the treatment), and it saying wise. Of few persons who
decided to listen to the ghostly could speak of phenomenology
voice of the magufos. These and of knowing exactly what they
beings who mix the desire to were saying, and you do not
believe with the desire to know in surmise unconnected extracted
the most dangerous combination: from Wikipedia. But it fell down
the quackery.. Maybe the in the desperation, in the doubt,
chemotherapy had not saved the and there it is where the charlatans
life to Rita. But at least we be have find to his dams.
been sure that would have done Today Rita rests in peace, but
everything scientific demonstrable the promoters of the sanitary strict
possible to himself. Today, the regulation, of the critical thought
world has lost to one of his muses, and of the sanitary practice rested
and nape we will know how much on scientific evidence we will not
more it could have been strictly rest, since our first enemy, before
between ourselves. It cannot that the same charlatans, it is the
reproach to Rita. She was a lack of a legal frame that protects
faithful woman to the matter of the the patients. Before it, only we can
dreams, and in his oneiric universe only report, and to keep the public
one appeared the doctor of the pest adequately informed.
offering him a promise, and in his
mind it could more than the
certainty. The problem that here is
left to guess is ethical. But even
more, it is legal. While the
regulative agencies continue
ignoring the danger that they
represent the charlatans of the
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Michael Angel Toscano ex--
5 PHRASES THAT authorized, and let's repudiate the
BETRAY THE cowardice of our authorities after
having demonstrated once again
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condition than a right.
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guide offers to be able to interpret
Last March of the obsequiousness, the involved messages of this type
the holder of the Federal of products, and what really they
Commission for the Protection mean not to fall down in the
against the Risk Sanitaros deception: what he says: "This
(COFEPRIS, the Mexican product is not a medicine‖
equivalent of the FDA of the What means: "do not ask his
E.E.U.U.), it had to pay the price doctor him, better to a singer or an
resigning to his post after having actor who surely knows any more
published last February 14, 2011 a of topics of health" Why they say
list of almost 200 miraculous it: When it is not possible to say
products that sell in Mexico anything good of anything, the
attributing to him one any species better thing is to pay someone to
curative powers. We applaud the him in order that it does it. This
courage of way, we have actors of soap opera
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who announce all kinds of products neither that nor they themselves would
use, since the ethics of the television dictate that to announce a product
miracle is one more work. On the contrary, to pay miracle to a doctor to
promote a product is to put price to his professional bond, something that
alone the senseless one would do. What he says: "Health is a beauty"
What means: "this advertisement sells cosmetics, so all the announced
improvements are in figurative sense" Why they say it: The law of
advertising establishes that the cosmetic products must present this legend
in his advertising to avoid to be confused with sanitary advertising. One
more legal hollow to promise therapeutic effects under the label of
cosmetic product. What he says: "This product is of origin 100 natural % "
What means: "we have not
even idea of what we him are
selling but it grows in our garden,
the dog ate up it and him did not
spend anything" Why they say it:
Finally the limit of the sauciness
takes root in this phrase. On
having said that a product is 100
natural %, the sellers appeal to the
traditional Mexican herbolaria,
that on having been so thousand-
year-old, an insurance that it is
inoffensive, and very charitable.
Lamentably the most toxic
substances known also are 100
natural % as well as the most In short: if it goes out in TV, it
addictive drugs are of natural is 100 natural %, and the singer of
origin. Again, with this legend the moment announces it, it is
they dandle the producers the law slightly probable that the product
on not having had to expire with serves for another thing that to
the good practices of manufacture enrich his seller at the cost of the
that are demanded from the naiveté of the consumers.
serious producers.
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Experts issue
urgent “call
to action” to
battle
obesity
among
African-
At a conference co-sponsored
by APA and the Association of
epidemiologist at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Black
Americanobesity
Psychologists,
researchers, health professionals
Almost 60 percent of black women
are obese, compared to 32 percent of
women and
and community leaders discussed
the U.S. obesity epidemic and its
white women and 41 percent of
Hispanic women. That trend is
girls
disproportionate effect on African-
American women.
driving many major health
disparities, including decreasing
Causes and solutions for the black women's life expectancy and
disproportionate impact the U.S. increasing their chances of
obesity epidemic has on African- developing a host of health
American girls and women was challenges, including diabetes,
the focus of a Summit on Obesity cardiovascular disease and arthritis,
in African American Women and noted APA President Suzanne
Girls, co-sponsored by Bennett Johnson, PhD.
the Association of Black "The issues facing the African-
Psychologists (ABPsi) and APA in American community are immense,
Washington, D.C., Oct. 22-23. but if we don't have our health, not
The obesity epidemic has much else matters," said ABPsi
affected all Americans, but it has President Cheryl Grills, PhD.
hit African-American women the Educating black communities
hardest, said keynote speaker about the many different causes of
Cynthia Ogden, PhD, an the epidemic will be an important
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first step in helping Jackson, PhD, director and research
communities fight back, professor of the Institute for Social Research
said Angela Cooke- and past-president of ABPsi, underscored
Jackson, PhD, a health that psychology must get the analysis right –
communication/behavior an analysis that includes the vital
al science professor at intersection of race, stress and obesity in
Emerson College. "So black girls and women.
often, as black people, we The presenters emphasized that
are talked about but not interventions at all levels of society — from
talked to," she said. "We health care providers to community groups
need to give black to policy makers — will be necessary to
women a voice and give beat the obesity epidemic. "If we are really
them agency. Tell them going to solve this problem, we are going to
how stress is affecting have to be on interdisciplinary research
them, and tell their teams, we are going to have to partner with
communities what they community leaders and we are going to have
are up against." to find allies ... every step of the way,"
"Prime Time Sister Johnson said. ―And we must understand the
Circles" program conditions of black girls and women’s lives
founders Marilyn Gaston, that either enhance or undermine health;
MD, a former assistant conditions wherein the nexus of race, gender
surgeon general, and and social class create formidable structural
Gayle Porter, PhD, a forces affecting their health,‖ added Grills.
clinical psychologist, Focused on both analysis and solutions,
offered as an example the summit concluded with breakout
their program, which has sessions on framing the obesity issue as
helped more than 2,000 experienced by black women and girls and
women in Baltimore, defining recommended next steps.
Chicago, Philadelphia,
Tampa, Fla., and the
greater Washington,
D.C., area.
While interventions
such as these are
important, James
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"I do not hurt." Addictions are as transient as guests
visit us, and remain as masters.
Addiction: a Confucius (551 BC-478 BC)
complex disease. Chinese Philosopher
The history of addiction dates
from the early years of humanity,
smoking, drinking alcohol,
chewing coca leaves consumed
psychoactive preparations,
smoking marijuana, opium used
for pain, are well known examples
of some of the substances that man
has been used throughout history.
Currently, industrial or chemical
derivatives, highlights new
addictions, some derived from
is the idea that addiction is a
substances such as heroin, cocaine,
constant, that is happening every
LSD, among the best known, and
day, sometimes an addict can abstain
other behavioral addictions that is
for long periods, but to use again and
without using substances, some of
again out of control.
these as a result of our
technological society, they can be Addiction is a chronic nature bio-
internet addiction, to gambling, to psycho-social, ie genetic,
the mobile phone, sex, shopping psychological and social factors
etc. influencing its development and
manifestations.
The difference between
addiction and consumption of The causes of addiction can be
some substances lies in the chaos many and interact in a complex
that is produced by a reaction in manner to produce the addictive
the brain called compulsion. So disorder. Biological, genetic,
you do when you're addicted, loses personality, socio-cultural and family
control or consumption of join predisposition producing first
addictive behavior. And although it and then trigger exposure, which
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could be: psychoactive drugs, gambling, sex, relationships, food, etc., That
evolves to consolidation of the disease process is addiction.
In order to identify a way to start an addiction here are some signs and
their characteristics:
• Loss of control over use, • and take off the addict of
characterized by episodes of the reality of his illness.
compulsive consumption or These signs may occur
practice that lead to investment together or selectively and with
of significant time and energy, so varying intensity at a given time
that the addict increasingly more and can vary over time and with
difficult work in your life in addictive disease progression.
general.
Addiction is a disease or a
• Damage or progressive disorder that responds
deterioration of the quality of life positively to treatment. Like
of the person due to the other chronic disorders of
consequences of consumption nature, there is a tendency to
and addictive behavior practice. relapse, but recovery is
• Use despite harm, which possible.
manifests as consumption and The addiction treatment has
practice of addictive behavior, to be taken by a doctor and a
despite the personal injury and psychologist, which broadly
family involved as a result of consists of a series of structured
addiction. and individualized clinical
• Denial or self-deception in interventions, so that useful to
relation to the impact that promote and support the
addiction has on your life. This recovery of a person affected by
will reduce anxiety. addiction to a better quality of
• Addictive thinking is called the life.
set of distortions of thought Alejandra Alborez Montes
characteristic of addiction, as
well as the denial and self-
delusion, these distortions tend
to facilitate the process addictive
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Bibliography
• Hurlock, Elizabeth B. (2001). Psychology of Adolescence.
Psychology, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy. Mexico, Buenos Aires,
Barcelona: Polity Press.
• Published by Mtro. Cesar Andres Monroy Fonseca
• http://actualidadclinica.wordpress.com
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Optical
ent
How many black dots do you see?
Illusions
• Optical illusions are a curious
phenomenon that occurs
because of the way in which our
brain interprets the information
that is receiving from our
senses, so that we see something
that is not present, or give a Are blue horizontal bars?, Compúebalo
different interpretation to what for yourself.
we are see, some of these
processes are anatomical, ie
they have to do with how we
look like humans, and some are
psychological, ie how we
encoded the information coming
through the senses.
Do you see some kind of
movement?
Third
dimension?
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Discover
Your
Emotions
Find Emotions as your
mood…
Horizontal Vertical
4. I understand why that person is so me 1. I never expected this to happen
6. I feel like I want to hit that person or 2. I know I can achieve what I'm doing
someone 3. It scares me a lot what will happen
8. I like to be nice and cool with people 5. When I have wanted to mourn and want
9. I encourage you to do that, I feel I would nothing
be laughed 7. I'm smiling and cheerful
13. I am very sorry to see me do this 8. I like to be with that person
14. I am very happy to have achieved what I 10. I was angry that this happened to me and
set I'm in a bad mood
11. I'm very upset
12. I feel bad that he (they) do well and I do
not
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