At 9:04 AM -0800 12/5/05, Annette Taylor, Ph. D. wrote:
Hi All:
I'm addressing tipster clinies for some advice on a student in intro
psych. This
student told me the first week of classes that he has rather severe
ADHD and is
on meds and may occasionally miss classes during the semester.
This week we covered psychopathology in class and as we discussed bipolar
disorder he announced in class that he has biploar disorder. Well,
then he went
on to make the blanket statement to the whole class that in the manic phase he
becomes schizophrenic! I didn't want the whole class to believe this
so I tried
to suggest that he was misinterpreting something but he was adamant that his
therapist said it was so.
Oh dear. I have a whole class listening to this exchange and am wondering what
to do about it. He has been a fairly good student all semester long and has
done fairly well on exams, although he is the only one who constantly raises
his hand to ask questions and thinks he knows a lot about psychology. However,
I tried to tell the rest of the class that becoming schizophrenic as a result
of a manic phase in bipolar disorder, and having the schizophrenic
episode pass
when the manic phase passes is a misconception of sorts, all without getting
this person's ire.....
Any suggestions are welcome. This is my first encounter with this problem.
I don't know about CA, but we've still got a lot of people that were
'grandparented' into licensure with less than the current educational
requirements (not to mention some current products of diploma mills),
so he may well be accurately reporting inaccurate information.
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believe in it.
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* Psychology Dept Minnesota State University *
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