PSY341H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Substance Dependence, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Play Therapy
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Psy341: lecture 2: january 12, 2018: research, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. Many children and adolescents experience mental health difficulties (~1 in 8 in a given year) Importance of considering development: reference to developmental tasks/expectations, atypical development. Symptoms may present differently in children than in adults. Despite experiencing adversity, some individuals are resilient. Factors to resilience: parent involvement, ses, beliefs, self-esteem/ confidence. Developmental psychopathology perspective considers the individual, their context, and development. Developmental cascade effects from one area of development/functioning spread to other areas over time. 3 main perspectives on abnormal child development: biological (genetic & neurobiological influences, psychological (emotional, temperamental, cognitive-behavioural influences) Family, social & cultural (family, peers, culture, social context) influence of them and the context they are growing up in. Pseudoscience (really bad research science: based on anecdotes/testimonies. Ignores important consideration: examples of problematic pseudoscientific conclusions. Sugar worsens adhd symptoms: all the evidence is anecdotal, as the parents report it.
