Dual-process theories may be invoked to explain how physicians interact with, interpret, and draw inferences from clinical information. Stanovich West’s model articulates two kinds of thinking—intuitive-based System 1 analytical-based 2—which have been under-investigated with in training. This qualitative study explored pre-clerkship medical students’ retrospective perspectives experiences 2 th...

This study investigated the e€ect of a process versus a results focus as well as a group versus individual-based approach to performance appraisals. Four experimental conditions were investigated, with dependent variables of appraisal satisfaction, perceived accuracy of the performance appraisal, expectations of performance improvement, and actual performance. The results showed that a process ...

Worry and depression are the most common mental health issues for adults of all ages. Consistent research has found that older adults are significantly less worried and depressed than younger adults. However there is a lack of understanding about why these differences exist. A comparative investigation of metacognition, self-appraisal and coping is crucial to understanding psychosocial factors ...

This paper sets out a recent transition in our thinking in relation to psychopathology associated with personality disorder, in an approach that integrates our thinking about attachment, mentalizing (understanding ourselves and others in terms of intentional mental states) and epistemic trust (openness to the reception of social communication that is personally relevant and of generalizable sig...

david lawrence sackett, oc, md, frsc, frcp was an american-canadian physician, trialist, and teacher. he is best known as one of the pioneers of evidence-based medicine (ebm), which is arguably the most important movement in medicine over the past three decades. he founded the first clinical epidemiology department in mcmaster university in hamilton, canada in 1967. in addition, he was the head...

A comprehensive and behaviorally formulated theory for psychopathology disorders termed as behavioral-cognitive inhibition theory is presented. It constitutes an integration and re-formulation of several influential psychological theories of psychopathology and empirical findings in imagery research. According to the behavioral-cognitive inhibition theory the development of PTSD and other psych...