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“Since it was initially published in 1952, the DSM has undergone only four major revisions, and with each new edition there comes, rightfully, a great deal of controversy and advocacy, in and around the mental-health field. After all, the DSM is the book that separates the sane from the pathological, the neurotics from the normals. The slightest shift in sentence structure can cause major reverberations across the fields of medicine, biology, and pharmacology. When DSM-IV broadened the definition of bipolar disorder in 1994, there was a huge rise in prescriptions for “mood stabilizing” drugs that, prior to the change, were usually only recommended for people who suffered from convulsions or psychosis.”
This is an amazing article Natasha wrote, go check it out!
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I am applying for grad school next year. I’m aiming for the New England area and I hope to God that I get accepted. This is happening all too fast and I’m completely unprepared! Honestly, I am really scared and I can’t even talk to anyone about this because right now, no one can possibly understand what I’m going through.
Seriously, I wish I have friends who are also going through college applications. What the heck is everyone else doing? Sipping martinis?
Even though I have no clue what I’m doing, I know I have to get this over with. So the plan?
- Apply for Kaplan; study for GRE
- Search up grad. programs suitable for me
- Fill out applications
- Take Gre
- Send/mail everything in
- Spend the next 3 months praying
- Get accepted
- Gloat in your face
Oh man…
This isn’t going to work!
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Psychology Club
Suffolk U. has many clubs and one of the many is the Psychology Club. I’ve joined via. SUConnect on March 2010 and since then, I’ve only receive one notification for a gathering that I was not able to attend. Since this is the start of a new semester, the Psychology Club have new officers that are determined to lay the foundation for the club to continue growing in years to come.
I am now playing the role of the Treasurer and responsible for all finances coming in and out. Training will start either this or next week(!), and I can’t wait to contribute all my ideas :).
So far, it’s been a really slow start trying to gather everyone because of our ridiculous schedules. Hopes it gets better from here.
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Anoxia & Hypoxia
Anoxia is the absence of oxygen supply to a organ. If there’s a lack of oxygen for more than 5 minutes could result in permanent brain damage.
Hypoxia is the decrease in oxygen supply carried to a tissue. Hypoxia is more common and if there’s not enough oxygen supply for longer than 15 minutes, will result in permanent brain damage
Causes of Anoxia/Hypoxia:
- smoking; carbon monoxide inhalation
- high altitude, mountain climbing, or aviation
- strangulation, suffocation, near hanging
- anesthesia, or related accidents.
- near drowning
- poisoning
- sever asthma attack
- chronic oxygen deprivation, i.e. sleep apnea or tight neck tie
- severe blood loss
- traumatic brain injury
- placental dysfunction
- pulmonary emboli, pulmonary disease, cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest (esp. when CPR is not begun in 4 minutes)
The use anesthesia carries inevitable risk of anoxia and/or hypoxia. It contributes to post-operative acute delirious episodes.
1/3 of relatives of geriatric subject who has undergone surgery claimed family member, “have never been the same again.” (Bedford, 1955)
MRI of person experiencing anoxia/hypoxia will show a reduction in volume of the hippocampus. The hippocampus is an active part of the brain that requires oxygen to function properly and serves an important role for memory and is co-active for spatial memory and navigation.
The effect of anoxia and hypoxia may depend on certain factors, such as:
- individual’s tolerance and cognitive reserve
- rate at which anoxia develops; duration of anoxic event
- degree of concomitant physical exertion
(to be continued…)
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Advising (15 min.)
I went to see my advisor the other day and she told me a story:
I knew a girl who, after years chasing her Psy.D for 5 years, finally burned and dropped out. Afterwards, she opened a bakery and continues to feed people and her family. She is happy.
I don’t know if she’s trying to scare me away, but it’s working. I understand that there’s always an alternative if it doesn’t work out. But for me, no alternative will ever satisfy me. I want this. What I hate even more about that story is it ended happily. I want this ‘girl’ to be happy, but all that wasted time, and tuition isn’t cheap! How is she happy? Why is she happy?
I’m going to get my Psy. D and even if it means working over 40 hours a week, I’ll do it. I won’t get burnt out and I won’t have to open a bakery afterwards!
I learned that there are three neuropsychologists in my department which is a great advantage to me. I thought I wanted to follow the developmental path but neuropsychology is something I could be passionate about.
Alright, I’m going for it.
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My registered classes for Spring 2012. It’s a Monday to Friday schedule with break in between for study sessions. Perfect :D Unfortunately I couldn’t add physiological psych. because according to the system, I have to petition to overload myself with work. I’m stuck taking Physical Sci. course because it’s a core requirement.
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Internship Shortage Frustrates Clinicians in Training
The issue is on the minds of many graduate students in psychology right now, with the application season for next year’s internships in full swing. Last year, 937 students, or 24 percent of those who applied, were not accepted by any of the sites they had chosen — and students must complete internships to earn their degrees and venture out into the workplace.
“These results are unacceptable,” Melba J. T. Vasquez, the president of the American Psychological Association, wrote in April.
Students who do not match must hunt for unaccredited internships, positions that can hobble their careers. Almost half end up without an internship at all and must try again the next year. According to a 2007 study by researchers at the University of Texas, 44 percent of graduate students who did not match were not able to find a program placement, and many if not most of them had to put off graduation by a year.
“It means that there are people who are taking student loans and spending years in this training who could go out and provide a service to the public, and they’re stuck,” said Robert E. McGrath, director of the doctoral program in clinical psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey.
My professor sent me this after explaining to me that psy.d may ruin my chances of competing against graduate students with Ph.d’s. I am so devastated because I spent so much time and money to become a potential candidate for the psy.d programs. My advisor sent me on a wild goose chase and I wish I would had gotten a second opinion before chasing that goose! All the effort went down the drain. It’s time to start from scratch and hope for the best.
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Psychology Club: Research Panel
I am home now with a fever and a nostril that refuses to stop sniffling. Nonetheless, tonight’s Psychology Club event was very successful! We had eight Professors and graduate students come in and speak about their research and they’re all very enthusiastic to recruit undergrads as research assistants (RA). Not to mention, all the seats are filled up and the sign-up sheets are packed with contact information from undergrads that would love to work with Suffolk U.’s faculty members. We even have new members joining the club!!!
Right now, I am waiting for my school to set up a budget for our new club so I can begin playing the role as treasurer (whatever it is that they do…) and plan more events that will benefit both students and professors, like tie-dye shirts and stuff… Maybe.
I, myself also signed up for four types of research for the upcoming semester. Yes, I enjoy overwhelming myself because I have no life. The type of research I hope to play a part in are:
- fMRI on women watching/listening to pornography
- Core values between friends or what people look for in a lasting friendship
- Comparing emotions and cognitive functioning in anti-social person(s)
- Relations between children and parents
After the event, I was able to formally introduce myself to graduate students who have the same aspiration as I do and I want to work with them so badly.
Right now, there’s nothing I can possible say to express how happy I am. I am sick and happy!
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