Teaching about Psychological Disorders: Using a Group Interviewing ad Diagnostic Approach
- 1 July 2006
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Teaching of Psychology
- Vol. 33 (3), 184-188
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15328023top3303_6
Abstract
We designed a cooperative learning classroom activity to enhance students' ability to understand psychological disorders and distinguish among anxiety, mood, and psychotic disorders. We employed a group interviewing approach with the instructor (or a graduate student) serving as the pseudo-client. Students interacted with a pseudo-client to arrive at a diagnosis. Evaluations of this activity indicated that students learned about various psychological disorders as well as better understood the process of clinical interviewing and diagnosis.Keywords
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