PSYC 385 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bipolar Disorder, Mental Disorder
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Worcester hospital for the insane and the cult of curability (percentages are meaningless unless you know the denominator) Collaborative (between healthcare provider, patient, family, community, etc ) Individual with bipolar disorder (stable) moves to new apartment. No, she just couldn"t sleep because her bedroom had bad blinds and the sun comes through really early. Once someone has a psychiatric disorder, people often jump to blaming the problem. Observation: naturalistic (we look in the natural surroundings, look for behavior that isn"t normal for that person, deviation from that person"s routine. , controlled (into the realm of more rigorous information) Formal interviews: patient and collateral (who gives the information is very important: critical to know what questions to ask. Performance measures, intelligence tests (no one likes these anymore), neuropsychological function, projective (rorschach; tat) versus objective . Reliability: internal, test-retest, inter-rater (second opinions are grossly under-utilized)
