PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bipolar Disorder, Test Anxiety, Teaching Assistant
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Two special dates: january 31st 9:00-10:30am brs314 (grad school info session) February 8th, lecture by teleconference (more details will be provided closer to the date) can be done at home. Research essay: focus on a subtopic within a larger topic (ie. family problems in anorexia, Alert us to pay attention to things we might have missed. Important predictive information for decision-makers (clients, family, school, judges, juries, insurance adjusters, chain of command, accommodations) Different disorders have different causes and therefore different treatment. Although based on solid research and studied scientifically, the diagnoses discussed in. Incorrect diagnosis can be worse than no diagnosis at all. There is a danger of an individual being pigeon-holed by their diagnosis this course are defined largely by practical concerns. Symptoms exist on a continuum from normality to pathological. That means that virtually everyone experiences some symptoms of the illness that we"re going to talk about.