PSYD33H3 Lecture Notes - Reference Class Problem

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18 Jun 2014
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Short term vs long term- with college students distress is short term vs clinically depressed where the distress is long term. Students are often too young and there"s of test-retest reliability. Also with students distress from children and marriage are less likely. Rely on interpretation of students themselves, so there"s a question of self report reliability. Bdi- too sensitive, easy to score above cut-off. Psychiatrists are better at diagnosing people than the self-report measures which don"t assess co morbidity. Students may also rate lower because of very recent events such as bad test grades. College students are all going through similar events, there are few episodes of distress. There is a distinction between self report and depression. a distinction between depression vs distress (distress symptom) Not applicable to other populations i. e. a breakup is different from a divorce, and dealing with the aftermath (children, finances etc) Later onset of depression in general public vs college.

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