A report of an educational psychology internship at the psychology department, Waterford Hospital, including a review of case study research on the effectiveness of treatment matching for depressed patients

摘要

This report provides an account of a full time thirteen week internship served with the Psychology Department at the Waterford Hospital in St. John's, Newfoundland. The internship period was from May 6, 1991 to August 2, 1991.;Chapter 1 discusses the rationale for the placement, describes the setting and the department to which the intern was attached, and sets out the internship objectives.;Chapter 2 describes the intern's activities during the internship in detail, reviews the accomplishment of objectives, and makes recommendations for future internships at the site.;Chapter 3 outlines the background and rationale for the intern's research project conducted during the internship. Literature is presented to support the choice of research design and treatment methodology.;Chapter 4 details the intern's research project. The intern conducted a series of case studies with depressed patients, in an attempt to show that treatment matched to individual patient's problem areas is effective in alleviating depression. Results indicated that matched treatment effectively reduces depression.