Case Conceptualization Flashcards
1
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What is case conceptualization?
A
- Method and clinical strategy for obtaining and organizing info about a client
- Understanding and explaining the client’s situation and maladaptive patterns
- Guiding and focusing treatment
- Anticipating challenges and roadblocks
- Preparing for successful termination
2
Q
Elements of a conceptualization
A
- diagnostic formulation (what happened)
- clinical formulation
- cultural formulation
- treatment formulation
3
Q
“rule out”
A
A diagnosis you haven’t ruled out yet
4
Q
Cognitive things to look for in etiology
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- maladaptive cognitions
- automatic thoughts
- intermediate beliefs (if/then rules)
- schema; beliefs about self, world, future
5
Q
Behavioral things to look for in etiology
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Behavioral excesses and deficits, inappropriate behavior
6
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Deductive and inductive reasoning
A
Boil down broad picture to diagnosis, then take the diagnosis and broaden it back out to treatment
