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Psychosis: Goals of Pharmacotherapy
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2024
Antipsychotic drugs are a crucial treatment method for acute and chronic psychoses, bipolar illness, and behavioral disorders. The selection of these drugs depends on several factors, including the state of the disease, clinical judgment, possible drug interactions, and the patient's sensitivity to adverse effects. In immediate scenarios, such as delirium and dementia, short-term treatment with low doses of high-potency typical or atypical agents can effectively manage symptom exacerbation. For...
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Are You Smart or Hardworking? How Praise Influences Children's Motivation
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2023
Source: Laboratories of Judith Danovitch and Nicholaus Noles—University of Louisville Imagine teaching two children how to skate. It is a hard task for both of them, and they fall down frequently. After falling down for the first time, one child says that skating is too hard and wants to go home. The other child seems to enjoy the challenge and eagerly gets back up after falling down each time. Why do the children have such different attitudes about the same task? One reason may be that they...
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Nonconscious Mimicry Occurs when Affiliation Goals are Present
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2023
Source: Diego Reinero & Jay Van Bavel—New York University People are social chameleons and regularly engage in nonconscious behavioral mimicry. This occurs when an individual unwittingly imitates the behaviors of another person, such as crossing one's legs moments after a person sitting adjacent does so, or adjusting one's body posture to match a conversation partner. Rapport between two people increases behavioral mimicry, just as mimicry also increases rapport. Psychologists have posited...
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Hybrid Printing for the Fabrication of Smart Sensors
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2019
Here we present a protocol for the fabrication of inkjet-printed multilayer sensor structures on additively manufactured substrates and foil.
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Assessing Corticospinal Excitability During Goal-Directed Reaching Behavior
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2022
Reaching is a fundamental skill that allows humans to interact with the environment. Several studies have aimed to characterize reaching behavior using a variety of methodologies. This paper offers an open-source application of transcranial magnetic stimulation to assess the state of corticospinal excitability in humans during reaching task performance.
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Specificity narrows a broad clinical intention into a clearly described outcome that clinicians and patients can recognize. Instead of focusing only on general improvement, the goal identifies what should change and connects that change to the patient’s clinical priorities. This precision supports consistent communication, makes progress easier to discuss, and helps determine whether care is addressing the intended concern.
Measurable indicators provide observable evidence that a desired change is occurring, while a defined review period establishes when progress should be considered. Together, they allow clinicians and patients to compare expectations with actual outcomes rather than relying only on general impressions. If progress differs from expectations, the treatment approach or goal can be reconsidered using the available observations.
Achievable goals connect desired outcomes with what can reasonably be pursued, while relevance keeps the objective tied to the patient’s clinical priorities. These elements help prevent treatment planning from becoming disconnected from the person’s needs or expectations. When goals are both realistic and meaningful, they can better support shared decision-making and maintain focus on outcomes that matter to the patient.
Begin with a broad clinical aim, such as improving function or managing symptoms, then convert it into a precise objective. Add an observable indicator, confirm that the target is achievable and relevant, and specify a review period. Clinicians and patients can then monitor the result together, discuss whether the target was reached, and adjust care when necessary.
Smart Goals are useful when a clinical team needs to connect treatment planning with outcomes that can be followed over time. They help organize priorities, clarify what the patient and clinician are working toward, and establish milestones for review. This makes the framework relevant to ongoing care, particularly when progress needs to guide decisions about whether the current approach remains appropriate.
By linking clinical priorities to explicit milestones, Smart Goals give clinicians and patients a shared basis for discussing progress. The patient’s priorities help shape the objective, while observable results provide information for reviewing care. This process supports accountability and helps determine whether treatment is producing meaningful patient-centered outcomes, or whether interventions should be adjusted to better match expectations.