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Mar

Psych Testing

March 24, 2009

What psych people talk about when they talk about psych testing. (Thanks to my PsyD co-worker): IQ TESTS: "whoopsy" = wppsi (weschler preschool) "whisk-r" (like on a cat) = wisc-r (wisc revision that preceded the wisc-

Mar

Social Work Exam Prep: The Next Generation

March 23, 2009

Dr. Hutchinson at socialworkexam.com has rolled out a new iPhone/iTouch app for exam prepping social workers. Runs questions, keeps your score, etc. The future is yesterday. Note from the real future: Wow, 2009 was a long time ago tech-wise.

Mar

Marlatt and Gordon's Relapse Prevention

March 22, 2009

Had to dig to find a quick summary of Marlatt's Relapse Prevention Therapy (RP to some, RPT to others). Learn it in a paragraph on the NIH's National Library of Medicine site. Relapse prevention (RP) is an important component of alcoholism treatment.

Mar

Pervasive Developmental Disorders

March 19, 2009

UPDATE: DSM-5 (2013) introduced several changes which are crucial to note here: Diagnoses that were under the pervasive developmental disorders category were merged into autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Two diagnoses--

Mar

Social Work Exam Prep: The Home Stretch

March 17, 2009

My list of things to slam into my brain as test day nears. Family Therapy Theories (Structural vs. Strategic vs...) Psych Testing (MMPI vs. MACI vs...) Differentials (Schizophrenoform vs. Schizophrenia vs....; Bipolar I vs. Bipolar II vs.

Mar

Murray Bowen

March 13, 2009 | theory | knowledge | video

What do these concepts all have in common?

theory | knowledge | video

Mar

How'd It Go? How's It Going?

March 12, 2009

Have you taken the social work exam using these or any other resources? How'd it go? What helped? What didn't? What do you suggest to the next wave of hopefuls? Haven't gotten there yet? How's it going? How are you studying?

Mar

Psych at Berkeley

March 8, 2009

A reader (thanks, Susan!) points out a load of psych courses from Cal Berkeley are available as podcasts via iTunes U. Psych 140--Developmental Psych--is the suggested starting point. More psych podcasts listed at About.com [now Very Well Mind] here.

Mar

Mental Health Concepts

March 8, 2009

This one (thanks II, Susan!) looks to be available only through iTunes. It's Dr. David Cecil's "Mental Health Concepts." Includes Powerpoint slides (please ignore these if listening while driving). UPDATE: Resource gone.

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