paranoid schizophrenic

[Khumar]

@P_G

^ khumar r u psychiatrist ?

not yet PG. But i do have a undergrad in psych =)

@PunchingMonk

@khumar
once my sister told me, while studying psychological/psychiatrist disorders some girl start developing symptoms. She had her best friend develop fits like symptoms while studying it in guess their forth year.

1-Did you observer such a thing?
2-Do student often do their own sanity check—like in there on head.<— that I asked because once I picked up this book
“history of madness” but I got kind of scared flipping though the pages.

3-did you observe any strange pattern in patient(if you have interviewed many), which is some time feel less like disorder??

You know what I mean??

1. i haven’t had the chance to observe something like this myself to be honest. it might be because my focus wasn’t so much in abnormal, but more in development. but even then i haven’t had anyone tell me such a thing either

2. it’s discouraged. the first thing we learned in first year was to not diagnose yourself and others because we aren’t qualified. a professional takes 4 years of undergrad, and then 4+ years of phd/med to become qaulified. so an undergrad just familiarizes you with the topic, tells you about all the abnormalities but that doesn’t mean you can treat yourself. it’s the same case with med students. they get a sniffle and think they are suffering from rhinitis or something more serious but at the same time, i think once you start studying psychology, it makes you mmore in tune with things. makes you aware of your surroundings ie depression, anorexia, possible reasons behind things like that.

pick up the DSMIV sometimes. it’s basically the holy bible of disorders. imagine flipping through that

3. i hadn’t had the chance to do any clinical things myself, since like i siad, i was just an undergrad. but i did have the chance to meet an actual schizophrenic once in teh hospital. and he clearly was a shizophrenic. he was very nice, but you cuoldn’t understand a word he said because his speech was disorganized – one of the symptoms of schizophrenia. at the same time, i kinda helped a guppy quit smoking () but that doesn’t mean he was abnormal. it was just a behaviour that needed modification, and i helped in that.