PSCYHOLOGIST Flashcards
1
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Role of psychologist
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-provide strategies to cope with anxiety, depression
-reduce stress
- may Rx to psychiatrist to Rx anti-depressants
2
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What systems psychologist
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Nervous
3
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Medicare psychologist
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-10 free sessions per years as part of mental health care plan
4
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PBS psychologist
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Anti-depressants may be Rx by psychiatrist if referred by psychologist
5
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PHI psychologist
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Depending on level of cover
6
Q
Frontal lobe functions
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-thinking, planning
-personality
-behavioural, emotional and motor control
7
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Parietal lobe functions
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-process sensory info from skins e.g touch,pain
-spatial awareness
8
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Temporal lobe function
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-memory formation
-understanding lang.
-hearing
9
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Occipital lobe functions
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-vision
-processing colours, shape and perspective
