On a psychodiagnostic residency, where your job is just to understand people, one of the tools you use is the famous Rorschach Inkblot Test. In this test, the patient is shown a standard series of pictures created by squirting ink onto a page and then folding the page over. They are then asked to describe [...]
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Can I get treated for depression? I’ve just been prescribed anti-depresents and sedatives and I’m really frightened but feel I have no alternative as I can’t function normally.
Thanks for writing in, Rose. Your question touches on an issue that has stirred up a great deal of controversy over the last hundred years: the [...]
David Godot
is a second-year Psy.D. student currently completing a one-year psychodiagnostic externship on an inpatient unit for chronic headache pain. His clinical focus is on mind-body interaction and psychodynamic conceptualization. He is writing this blog to help extraordinary people become even more extraordinary!
