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Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment Flashcards

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A _________ assessment would be used to assess unconscious drives and conflicts that may be at the root of abnormal functioning.

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projected

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A diagnostic category that helps clinicians predict future symptoms or events has _______ validity.

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predictive

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A mental status exam is a form of ___________.

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structured interview

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A person’s intelligence quotient, or IQ, initially represented the ratio of a persons _______ age divided by his or her _________ age.

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mental; chronological

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An assessment that asks people to respond to pictures by telling a story is the:

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Thematic Apperception Test

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Anxiety disorders would be recorded on Axis ____ of a DSM-IV diagnosis.

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I

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Which of the following is true about the term nervous breakdown?

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It is not a recognized clinical term, but is used by laypersons

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Personality disorders would be recorded on Axis ____ of a DSM-IV diagnosis.

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II

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The ______ movement has tried to identify a set of common strategies that are present in the work of all effective therapists, regardless of the clinicians particular orientation.

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rapprochement

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The _______ produces a computerized motion picture of chemical activity throughout the brain.

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PET scan

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The polygraph is a form of _________ test.

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psychophysiological

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Three important criteria for assessments are

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Standardization, reliability, and validity

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The ________ is a brain-imaging technique that creates a detailed picture of the brains structure and activity.

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MRI

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A clinician who is observing parent-child interactions in the home is conducting a/an ________ observation.

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naturalistic

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The specific details and background of a clients problem is called ____________ data, while established information about the nature and treatment of a particular illness is ____________ data.

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idiographic; nomothetic

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The collecting of relevant information in an effort to reach a conclusion is referred to as a(n) _________________.

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assessment

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17
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An assessment tool shows high _____________ reliability if different judges independently agree on how to score and interpret it.

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interrater

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18
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Which of the following groups of mental illnesses is not categorized as a family of neurotic disorders?

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Eating disorders

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____________, an illness once common to Algonquin Indian hunters, was marked by the belief in a supernatural monster that ate human beings and had the power to bewitch them and turn them into cannibals.

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Windigo

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In 1883, Emil Kraepelin developed the first modern classification system for abnormal behavior, and his categories formed the foundation for psychological disorders found in which modern classification system?

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International Classification of Diseases (ICD)

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Case Study

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detailed and often interpreted description of a person’s life

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How are case studies helpful?

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  • Can be a source for new ideas about behavior and “open the way for discoveries”
  • Inspire new therapeutic techniques
  • Offer opportunities to study unusual problems
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Limitations of Case Studies

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  • Report by biased observers
  • Rely on subjective evidence
  • Provide little bias for generalization
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Correlation Method

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research procedure used to determine “co-relationships”
•Advantages over case studies- high external validity meaning the degree to which the results of a study may be generalized beyond that study.
•Disadvantages- Doesn’t explain causation

25
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Clinical assessment

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is used to determine how and why a person is behaving abnormally and how that person may be helped.

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Standardize

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a technique is to set up common steps to be followed whenever it is administered

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Reliability

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refers to the consistency of assessment measures

28
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Sentence-completion test-asks

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people to complete a serious of unfinished sentences

29
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Axis I

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Anxiety Disorders, mood disorders

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Axis II

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Mental retardation, Personality disorders

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Axis III

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asks for information concerning relevant general medical conditions from which the person is suffering

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Axis IV

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asks about special psychosocial or environmental problems the person is facing

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Axis V

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requires the diagnostician to make a global assessment of functioning

34
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The DSM-IV-TR contains five different ________ of information that are a part of complete diagnosis.

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axes

35
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This widely used neuropsychological test consists of nine cards, each displaying a simple design that subjects are asked to first copy on a piece of paper and then redraw from memory.

A

Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test

36
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Out of every 100 true statements, how many are incorrectly identified as false on a polygraph test?

A

8

37
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A cluster of symptoms is known as a:

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syndrome

38
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How many clinical scales are found on the MMPI (MMPI-2)?

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10

39
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According to a meta-analysis of treatment studies, the average person who received treatment was better off than ______ percent of the untreated control subjects.

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75

40
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An assessment tool has high ______________ if it yields the same results every time it is given to the same people.

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test-retest relaibility

41
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Which people are most likely to have been in therapy at some point in their lives?

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highly educated, middle-aged women from Western states.

42
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The validity of clinical observations may be limited by a client’s ________, which means that the client’s behavior may be affected by the very presence of an observer.

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reactivity

43
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__________ and __________ are two types of abnormal behavior promoted by “dark sites” on the Internet.

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Anorexia; suicide

44
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________is a disorder found in Malaya, the Philippines, Java, and some parts of Africa; it is thought to be caused by stress.

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amok

45
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Intelligence tests can play a key role in the diagnosis of:

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mental retardation.

46
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____________ is the single most effective therapy for schizophrenia.

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Drug therapy

47
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On which of the DSM-IV-TR axes is the global assessment of functioning (GAF) charted?

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V

48
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About what percentage of people in the United States will qualify for a DSM diagnosis at some point in their lives?

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47%

49
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A psychiatrist who primarily prescribes medication is called a:

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psychopharmaceologist

50
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Which of the following is not a question usually asked in a therapy outcome study?

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Will a client be likely to improve without therapy?

51
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About how many different forms of therapy are practiced in the clinical field?

A

400

52
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A _____________ test is one that has been set up with common steps to be followed whenever it is administered.

A

standardized

53
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The ____________ requires a subject to look at one inkblot card at a time and tell what they see in the image.

A

Rorschach test

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