Managing Student Self-Disclosure in Class Settings: Lessons from Feminist Pedagogy

The present article describes difficulties and opportunities associated with students’ disclosure of their personal experiences in university class settings. In classes that deal with topics such as violence, racism, family dynamics, mental health or social justice, students with first-hand experience of these topics can bring valuable real-life experience to class discussion. However, bringing intimate information to class may also raise issues of appropriate boundaries and the role of the classroom setting for sharing potentially upsetting information. Drawing on principles of feminist pedagogy and using examples from classes I teach about women and psychology, I detail the challenges related to students’ personal biographies and beliefs about their experiences, and outline some strategies that may usefully find balance between respecting their experiences and providing a learning environment while teaching about the values and ethics of an academic discipline.

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Gender dysphoria: recognition and assessment

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment ◽

10.1192/apt.bp.109.007211 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 2-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Kate Eden ◽

Kevan Wylie ◽

Emily Watson

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Professional ◽

Mental Health Professional ◽

Gender Dysphoria ◽

Gender Identity Disorder ◽

Life Experience ◽

Real Life ◽

Healthcare Settings ◽

And Gender

SummaryThe role of the mental health professional, and of the psychiatrist in particular, is evolving and changing. As the recognition of transsexualism and gender identity disorder expands across the transgender spectrum, it has been recommended that gender dysphoria should replace existing diagnostic terminology. Patient-focused care is evolving and this article considers the limitations of current healthcare settings and how the mental health professional can support patients undergoing the real-life experience. Differentiation from other mental health conditions that may present as gender dysphoria is outlined, as well as specific clinical situations.

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REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE OF TRASTUZUMAB USE AMONG 806 BREAST CANCER PATIENTS: ROLE OF ROUTINE SERIAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR THE EVALUATION OF ASYMPTOMATIC VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION IN THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF TRASTUZUMAB THERAPY

Journal of the American College of Cardiology ◽

10.1016/s0735-1097(19)31285-9 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 73 (9) ◽

pp. 677

Author(s):

Carolina M.P.D. Carvalho Silva ◽

Marcio Bittencourt ◽

Marilia Santos ◽

Cristina Bittar ◽

Silvia Fonseca ◽

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Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Ventricular Dysfunction ◽

Life Experience ◽

Real Life ◽

Breast Cancer Patients ◽

Trastuzumab Therapy

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The importance of SHBG and calculated free testosterone for the diagnosis of symptomatic hypogonadism in HIV-infected men: a single-centre real-life experience

Infection ◽

10.1007/s15010-020-01558-6 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Letizia Chiara Pezzaioli ◽

Eugenia Quiros-Roldan ◽

Simone Paghera ◽

Teresa Porcelli ◽

Filippo Maffezzoni ◽

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Keyword(s):

Life Experience ◽

Real Life ◽

Free Testosterone ◽

Sex Hormone Binding Globulin ◽

Total Testosterone ◽

Sexual Symptoms ◽

Low Testosterone ◽

Gonadal Status ◽

Spearman’S Correlation

Abstract Purpose The prevalence of low testosterone and symptoms of hypogonadism in HIV-infected men is still debated. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and type of hypogonadism in HIV-infected males complaining about sexual symptoms, and to evaluate the role of calculated free testosterone (cFT) vs total testosterone (TT) for diagnosis. Furthermore, we evaluated relationship between sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), gonadal status and clinical and virologic parameters. Methods We retrospectively evaluated 169 HIV-infected men with sexual symptoms, with TT available. Among them, we selected 94 patients with TT, SHBG, cFT, and luteinizing hormone (LH) available, and classified hypogonadism into overt (low TT and/or low cFT) and compensated (high LH, normal TT and cFT). Comparison was performed by non-parametric Kruskal–Wallis test and Spearman’s correlation was calculated to verify the possible associations. Results Overt and compensated hypogonadism were found in 20.2% and 13.8% of patients, respectively. With reliance on TT alone, only 10.6% of patients would have met diagnosis. SHBG values were elevated in one third of patients, and higher in men with compensated hypogonadism. Significant positive correlation was found between SHBG and HIV infection duration, TT and LH. Conclusion Only a complete hormonal profile can properly diagnose and classify hypogonadism in HIV-infected men complaining about sexual symptoms. TT alone reliance may lead to half of diagnoses missing, while lack of gonadotropin prevents the identification of compensated hypogonadism. This largely comes from high SHBG, which seems to play a central role in the pathogenesis of hypogonadism in this population.

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Safety of new DAAs for chronic HCV infection in a real life experience: role of a surveillance network based on clinician and hospital pharmacist

Infectious Agents and Cancer ◽

10.1186/s13027-017-0119-8 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

A. Nappi ◽

A. Perrella ◽

P. Bellopede ◽

A. Lanza ◽

A. Izzi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Life Experience ◽

Hospital Pharmacist ◽

Real Life ◽

Hcv Infection ◽

Surveillance Network ◽

Chronic Hcv Infection ◽

Chronic Hcv

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Psychiatric Diagnosis as a Function of Assessor Profession and Sex

Psychology of Women Quarterly ◽

10.1111/j.1471-6402.1980.tb00960.x ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 240-254 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Chris T. Wright ◽

Arnold Meadow ◽

Stephen I. Abramowitz ◽

Christine V. Davidson

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Workers ◽

Community Mental Health Center ◽

Mental Health Center ◽

Real Life ◽

Diagnostic Process ◽

Professional Status ◽

Negative Findings ◽

Female Therapists

Diagnostic impressions formed by 26 clinicians after intake interviews with 200 randomly assigned outpatients at a community mental health center were analyzed by assessor discipline and sex and by patient sex and age level. Professional status was positively related to diagnostic severity among male assessors—nurses, social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists made increasingly higher proportions of psychotic diagnoses. Female therapists were less likely than their male counterparts to render psychotic diagnoses. This finding was most robust for doctoral interviewers, especially psychologists, and for patients who were female or under 30. Results are discussed in relation to the need for a model of the diagnostic process that allows for the role of practitioner attributes. Previous largely negative findings may have had their source in the failure of contrived analogue procedures to evoke emotions in the rater comparable in intensity to those aroused in the real-life encounter.

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Occupational Therapy and Care Coordination: The Challenges Faced by Occupational Therapists in Community Mental Health Settings

British Journal of Occupational Therapy ◽

10.1177/030802260807101108 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 71 (11) ◽

pp. 496-498 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Jane Culverhouse ◽

Paul F Bibby

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Community Mental Health ◽

Occupational Therapy ◽

Real Life ◽

Occupational Therapists ◽

Specific Work ◽

Health Practice ◽

Mental Health Settings ◽

Community Mental Health Settings

There is continuing debate concerning the role of occupational therapists within community mental health practice. This opinion piece advocates the need for occupational therapists to undertake more profession-specific work. Its argument draws upon real life case studies as well as the service users' views expressed in the recent College of Occupational Therapists' 10-year strategy for occupational therapy mental health services.

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A Brief Analysis on the Improvement of Resistance to Adversity of Adolescents in Growing Dilemma

Journal of Innovation and Social Science Research ◽

10.53469/jissr.2021.08(10).17 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (10) ◽

pp. 83-85

Author(s):

Jiahui Qin ◽

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Work ◽

Stress Resistance ◽

Growth And Development ◽

Life Experience ◽

Real Life ◽

Psychological Characteristics ◽

Difficult Situation ◽

Personal Quality ◽

Emotional Factors

The mental health of adolescents has been a hot issue in society. This article views the growth predicament of the teenagers from the angle of social work, and helps the teenagers get rid of the growth predicament by improving the resistance to adversity. The resistance to adversity is a very necessary personal quality in the growth and development of the teenagers. From the physical and psychological characteristics of the teenagers in the predicament, it can be learned that the teenagers' behaviors are often manipulated by the emotional factors and tend to produce extreme behaviors. Therefore, it is particularly important to improve the level of stress resistance of adolescents. In real life, when the teenagers are in a difficult situation, good level of resistance can make them better face the setback and calmly seek the solution of the problem, which will help the teenagers accumulate life experience. Therefore, it is of great significance to study how to improve the resistance of teenagers from the angle of social work.

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The role of real-life experience on visual processing in the pigeon

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e598112013-035 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Anna Wilkinson ◽

Ludwig Huber

Keyword(s):

Visual Processing ◽

Life Experience ◽

Real Life

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Life Experience of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Sufferers: A Qualitative Systematic Review

Jurnal NERS ◽

10.20473/jn.v14i3.17069 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 418

Author(s):

RTS Netisa Martawinarti ◽

Putri Irwanti Sari ◽

Vivi Meiti Berhimpong

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Systematic Review ◽

Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽

Life Experience ◽

Qualitative Systematic Review ◽

Study Results ◽

Immunodeficiency Virus ◽

And Coping ◽

Living With Hiv

Introduction: HIV is a chronic disease that continues to increase from year to year, with many symptoms or obstacles encountered by HIV sufferers when going about their day. The experience of HIV sufferers is important to know in order to find out what they have experienced for as long as they have had the disease. The objective of this qualitative systematic review is to describe the experiences of people living with HIV.Methods: The method used was searching for journals using the pre-determined keywords of ‘experience’, ‘living with HIV’ and ‘coping’ through the databases of Scopus, ProQuest, PubMed and Sage between 2014 and 2019.Results: The study results showed that there was still discrimination against people with HIV. They also experienced health problems due to the effects of the therapy, unpreparedness in accepting their conditions and the prevention of transmission to their family members.Conclusion: Understanding the role of uncertainty, stigma and resilience is important, since these factors may very well contribute to the patient’s mental health.

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