16 years at USD and this is the first one to bring it up in class--or even
outside of class. About 8 years ago I had one student who claimed to have been
investigated by Elizabeth Loftus for repressed memory, and was rather outraged
to have been 'investigated', but that's about it. Maybe I'm not
approachable in
that way ;)
Annette
Quoting Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Okay, I'll admit it - I'm very surprised that this is the first time
you've seen this problem (rather loud disclosure of mental
illness/presentation of various misconceptions about it backed by
personal experience). I seem to have one of these students in most of
my classes. Is it really uncommon for the rest of you?
Sometimes it feels as though "I'm a psych major because I want to
help people" is becoming supplanted by "I want to be a psych major
because of my mental illness". I can't say I'm at all happy about
that, particularly as my interests in psychology have essentially
nothing to do with the study of mental illness (I find normal
psychology far more interesting than abnormal psychology).
Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
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From: Annette Taylor, Ph. D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon 12/5/2005 11:04 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: need help from clinical folks
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.
Annette
Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D.
Department of Psychology
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
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