
…e over thirty years to be able to say those ten words, and I suffered for most of them as a result. I suffered because though we in America have done a lot to help people who live with mental illness, we have not done nearly enough to make it okay for our fellow travelers on the wonky brain express to reach out and accept that help.
…ave an influence on the participant, causing a degree of reactivity from the user. Quite obviously, eliminating the impact a researcher may have on a participant is impossible, so the goal is not to eliminate, but to understand what the potential impact may have been and use it when analyzing results. There are some measures a researcher can take to decrease a participant’s level of reactivity, suc…