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Psychological Terminology in English (Subject) / Attitudes to Psychosis (Lesson)
- 1. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of clinical categories from the point of view of both patients and health professionals. [3 points] Patients: + Clinical categories gives the patients some kind of explanation (Erklärung). - stigma and discrimination. Health Professionals:+ Diagnosis and a better treatment- D -> misleading (irreführend)
- What sort of changes does Anne Cooke, editor of the British Psychology Report called “Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia”, want to see when it comes to treatment of individuals? What do you think about these changes? [4 points] · approach should be more individual · talking more about emotions, experience · listen more carefully to patients earlier, respect them I think this sounds very positive and I hope it will be implemented soon.
- What did Tanya Byron argue in the context of understanding people's journeys from chaos to clarity? [3 points] revealing (enthüllen) your own fears is an important part Nurture (Erziehung) is fundamentally she doesn’t believe that the people who are treated (behandelt) are the only one who have problems