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This document outlines an introduction to behavioral sciences course taught by Dr. Maan A. Bari Qasem Saleh. The 12-week course covers major topics in psychology, including psychological theories, cognitive processes, learning, development, emotion, personality, abnormal behavior, and stress management. Students will study psychology as both the behavior of humans and animals, and the description, interpretation, prognosis, and control/change of normal and abnormal behavior. Psychology is related to other disciplines including biology, anthropology, medicine, sociology, and philosophy. The course will examine schools of psychology like psychoanalysis and behaviorism. Students will learn research methods in psychology and the biopsychosocial model, which views humans as a biological,
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Received 3 July 2018; Revised 10 September 2018; Accepted 12 December 2018; Published 15 January 2019
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Copyright © 2019 Carol C. Choo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License,
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Background. Mental illness is a pertinent risk factor related to suicide. However, research indicates there might be underdiagnosis
of mental illness in Asian suicide attempters; this phenomenon is concerning. This study explored prediction of diagnosis of mental
illness in suicide attempters in Singapore using available variables. Methods. Three years of medical records related to suicide
attempters (N = 462) who were admitted to the emergency department of a large teaching hospital in Singapore were subjected to
analysis. Of the sample, 25% were diagnosed with mental illness; 70.6% were females and 29.4% were males; 62.6% were Chinese,
15.4% Malays, and 16.0% Indians. Their age ranged from 12 to 86 (M = 29.37, SD = 12.89). All available variables were subjected to
regression analyses. Findings. The full model was significant in predicting cases with and without diagnosis of mental illness and
accurately classified 79% of suicide attempters with diagnosis of mental illness. Conclusions. The findings were discussed in regard
to clinical implications in diagnosis and primary prevention.
1. Introduction
Suicide has become a serious problem worldwide [1]. Suicide
attempts are also a serious public health problem, with
significant tolls for psychiatric and other healthcare services
[2]. Multidimensional psychosocial factors were related to
suicide deaths, e.g., past suicide attempts, adverse life events,
substance and alcohol use, poor socioeconomic circum-
stances [3], and family history of suicide and mental illness
[4]. An important risk factor related to suicide was mental
illness, especially depression [5], and a lack of psychiatric
resources was attributed to suicide deaths [6]. There is
empirical evidence to establish the relationship bet.
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- The history and development of psychology from its philosophical roots to modern approaches like behaviorism, psychoanalysis, and humanism.
- The main fields of specialization within psychology like cognitive, developmental, social, and clinical psychology.
- Common research methods used in psychology like surveys, observation, and experimentation.
- Important figures who shaped the field like Wilhelm Wundt, Sigmund Freud, John Watson, and humanistic psychologists Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers.
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2) Key areas of psychology are defined, such as cognitive, developmental, and social psychology.
3) The history and origins of psychology are summarized, from early philosophers to the founders of modern approaches like structuralism, functionalism, psychoanalysis, and behaviorism.
4) The differences between related fields like psychology and psychiatry are clarified.
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Introduction to clinical psychology
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- 20. Thank you