PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Bipolar Disorder, Mental Status Examination
3 Oct 2016
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What type of research design allows researchers to track a group of participants across time: longitudinal. The ___ effect occurs when people get better because they expect the treatment to work: placebo. Locus of control and self-esteem are examples of what type of cause of psychological disorder: psychological. What is the two-word term that jerome wakefield coined to define a psychological disorder: harmful dysfunction. During a diagnostic assessment, clinicians observe client"s mood, rate of speech and behaviour as part of what type exam: mental status exam. Cues: anything in the environment that would lead to a stereotype about a person, pretty much always activate stereotypes. Psychiatric symptoms talking to themselves etc. 20% will experience a psychological disorder: 8% - depression, 1% - bipolar disorder, 1% - schizophrenia, 12% - anxiety disorders, 10-20% youth, 24% of deaths among 15-24 year olds suicide.
