Biopsychosocial Model & Direct Observation of Behavior

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A Biopsychosocial Model of Schizophrenia

51 English translation © 2002 M.E. Sharpe, Inc., from the Russian text © 2001 V.M. Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute. “Biopsikhosotsial’naia model’ shizofrenii,” Sbornik nauchnykh trudov Sankt-Peterburgskogo nauchnoissledovatel’skogo psikhonevrologicheskogo instituta im. V.M. Bekhtereva, 2001, 137, 230–41. Translated by the author. The author is associated with the V.M. Bekhterev ...

Comparing the Efficacy of Portfolio and Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) Model, on Nursing Students Disposition Toward Critical Thinking

Introduction: Given the importance of nursing education and evaluation and the need to make correct decisions in critical situations by students also to promote critical thinking in nursing students, researcher decided to assess efficacy of clinical evaluation  by  two methods of direct observation of procedural skills and portfolio on critical thinking of students. Methods:  in this intervent...

Direct Observation

The term “non–intrusive” is often used to characterise this technique: Users do what they normally do without being disturbed by the observ e r s . One of the advantages of this method is that users can be observed in the e n v i ronment where the system is normally used. This is why dire c t o b s e rvation is said to have high face validity, also re f e rred to as extern a l validity or ecolo...

Understanding Health: A Biopsychosocial Model

The present study on biopsychosocial model indicates that health can only be understood in the contexts of biological, psychological and social aspects. This model suggests that the diagnostic process should always include the interacting role of biological, psychological and social factors in assessing an individual’s health.