PSYC30014 Lecture Notes - Spring 2018 Lecture 11 - National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Stress management, Variation in Australian English
Document Summary
Personal contexts narrative of distress: multi-dimensional masse, coded different narratives of distress, distress is personal and cannot be defined by scales, themes pessimism, self-deprecation, anguish, stress, withdrawal, somatisation. Two distress measures: kessler-10 focus on feelings; past 30 days; unidimensional, dass (depression anxiety stress scales)-21 focus on feelings and actions; past week (short- term scale); multi-dimensional, provides more information about the types of distress. Unidimensional vs. multi-dimensional within the different contexts: unidimensional distress, multi-dimensional stress, anxiety and depression. Clinical implications: medical context using experiences of distress to guide treatment, national comprehensive cancer network distress thermometer and problem list for. In diagnosis severity, duration and impact: using levels of distress to assess severity, asking the right questions in order to assess distress is an essential skill for clinicians when making a diagnosis. Living on/near traditional lands own right: passing on cultural practices, wellbeing.
