Excess disability and malignant social psychology: A case study of Alzheimer's disease —Sabat 1994

This is an audio summary of the article “Excess disability and malignant social psychology: A case study of Alzheimer's disease” by Sabat in 1994. An in-depth case study was done to figure out how "malignant social psychology," as Kitwood calls it, affected the behavior of an Alzheimer's disease patient. The spouse was interviewed, and observations were made at an adult daycare center, where staff members were also talked to. The spouse said that the child didn't have certain skills at home, but they were easily seen at the daycare center. This supports Brody's idea of excess disability, which is a disability that isn't caused by disease alone. Also, there were forms of harmful social psychology at home that didn't exist at the daycare center. Malignant social psychology was present when there was too much disability and absent when there wasn't enough. The person's behavior was found to be affected not only by the existing neuropathology, but also by their social relationships. This is the end of this informational audio track on “Excess disability and malignant social psychology: A case study of Alzheimer's disease” by Sabat.

Sabat, S. R. (1994). Excess disability and malignant social psychology: A case study of Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 4(3), 157–166. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2450040303