PSYC 3930 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Xibalba, Current Literature, Psychopharmacology
10 Sep 2015
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More than 450mill people have a mental disorder (most undiagnosed or misdiagnosed) Clinical psych = science + theory + practice. Psychological stress, cognitive distortions (black and white thinking) Sociological environment (family, school, town, country etc) Illinois state bill 2187 licensed clinical psychologists can complete advanced training in psychopharmacology to be granted rights to dispense medicine. Not just taking the patient"s account, other details are collected and current literature reviewed. Heterogeneity patients are all different and don"t fit into diagnostic boxes . Drug adjustment?psychologists study the mind, they may not know how a uti or other medical diagnoses present metnal sx*** Training in psych and education geared toward children. More focused on a medical issues rather than environmental not mommy daddy issues. Emphasis on social conditions, advocacy, case management and coordination services. Demonic possession was thought to be mental illness. Hippocrates: father of medicine first talked about the biopsychosocial approach. Imbalance in 4 humors was the cause of mental disorders.
