PSYC 3930 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Neuropsychology, Psychometrics, Health Promotion
30 Nov 2015
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As technology and medicine has advanced, life expectancy has increased which brings up many questions, situations and problems. Links between health and behavior, stress and mood. Biopsychosocial model integrating the biological, social and psychological all in one approach. Sleep hygiene (there is evidence that cbt can help treat insomnia) Assess and intervene in tx of patients with neurological and behavioral problems. Neuroanatomy location and function of parts of the brain. Pharmacology how different drugs affect brain chemistry. Neuropathology the ins and outs of a disease or disorder. Neuropsychological assessment psychometrics, what tests to give for domains. Fixed battery - tells exactly what you are giving a client and what they are to be used for. Wanted to observe the patient rather than just score them. Current method not totally one or the other. Genetic disorders look at how genetic disorders affect the brain. Auto immune diseases and how they change the brain.
