Psychological literature: General.

Foreign Medico-Psychological Literature

Foreign Psychological Literature

Dk. Hagen commences a very elaborate examination into the claims of anatomy to throw light upon mental affections, by some general remarks upon the progress of medical science, of which psychiatry is a branch, and one which, he remarks, has hitherto been viewed with some doubt and suspicion. The cause of this is "want of time" to pursue this definite branch of study whilst there are such multif...

Psychological Crisis and General Practitioners

A study was conducted to ascertain how often GPs encountered patients with psychological crisis and their means of tackling such cases. A questionnaire was administered to 47 GPs attending a training course on drug de-addiction orientation program. It was observed that failure in an examination (22.9%), break up of a love affair (16.8%) and the death of someone very close to the patient (14.9%)...

Do longer consultations improve the management of psychological problems in general practice? A systematic literature review

BACKGROUND Psychological problems present a huge burden of illness in our community and GPs are the main providers of care. There is evidence that longer consultations in general practice are associated with improved quality of care; but this needs to be balanced against the fact that doctor time is a limited resource and longer consultations may lead to reduced access to health care. The aim o...

Human General Intelligence as a Domain General Psychological Adaptation

The concept of general intelligence as measured by standard IQ tests has always been a difficult fit for evolutionary psychology. This paper argues that intelligence is a set of domain general abilities which was not designed to solve any specific problem from the human evolutionary past. Rather, general intelligence equips humans to make mental models of the environment and to develop action p...