USING PATIENT NARRATIVES TO TEACH PSYCHOPATHOLOGY |
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| Authors: | Jo Ellen Patterson Erika Van Meir |
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| Affiliation: | Jo Ellen Patterson, PhD, is Director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at the University of San Diego and Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy, Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110.;Erika Van Meir, MA, is a graduate of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at the University of San Diego, Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110. |
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Psychopathology courses are usually taught using a biomedical perspective and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM IV) as the primary text. This can result in students developing little empathy for their patients and objectifying them as disorders rather than people with problems. Using narrative, music, and art in teaching psychopathology can balance the scientific, objective style of the DSM IV. Resources and suggestions for ways to humanize a psychopathology course are given. |
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