PSYC 385 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Socioeconomic Status, Neuroplasticity, Bone Grafting
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Diagnosis is critical: you won"t get the correct help if you"re not diagnosed correctly. Ideal: specific (correct) diagnosis and specific treatments works the best. Broken wrist led to a new procedure of a bone graft. With the bone graft, it doesn"t tell us the cause was. It tells us a past fracture wasn"t healed correctly. Cause at different levels: one-off = broken bone, developmental. Treatment goals vs safety: successful treatment depends on the environment (on the battlefield vs in a hospital). Sometimes people change their expectations depending on the situation as well. Ameliorate (reduce the problems/pain) vs prevent (preventing further symptoms) Control behavior: can be a powerful intervention (instead of eliminating the problem, learn how to cope with it) Remission: the acute stage of the disorder gets better" and the immediate problems goes into the background" (different from cure). Cure: (eliminating the problem all together) lewine says there is no cure for psychological issues .
