clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment

Question 1

behavioral assessment

Answer 1

methods used by behavioral/cognitive clinicians that show dysfuncitonal behaviors/cognitions to produce a functional analysis of the behaviors (how theyre learned/reinforced)

Question 2

personality assessment

Answer 2

used by psychodynamic clinicians to reveal unconsious conflicts based on personality

Question 3

reliability

Answer 3

consistency of measures- the tool will yield similar results in similar situations (test/retest, interrater)

Question 4

validity

Answer 4

measure accurately measures what it’s supposed to (face validity, predicative validity, concurrent validity)

Question 5

clinical interview

Answer 5

often first contact w therapist, detailed info about personal history and reason for therapy is gathered

Question 6

mental status exam

Answer 6

questions/observations to measure awareness, attention, time/space awareness, mem, cognition, and mood

Question 7

projective tests

Answer 7

require client to interpret vague info, to reveal unconscious processes (rorschach , thematic apperception test, sentence completion, drawings)
-reliability/validity not great

Question 8

personality inventory

Answer 8

range of qs about belief, behavior, and feelings

limited validity

Question 9

response inventories

Answer 9

focus on a specific area of functioning, like emotion or cognitive processes

Question 10

psychophysiological tests

Answer 10

measure bodily responses as possible indicators of mental probs

Question 11

neurological tests

Answer 11

test brain to see if mental probs are result of brain prob

Question 12

naturalistic observations

Answer 12

examine client in their own environment, often by key ppl in the client’s world

Question 13

self monitoring

Answer 13

client measures certain behaviors/thoughts over a pd of time, though can be biased or change behavior unintentionally

Question 14

syndrome

Answer 14

cluster of symptoms

Question 15

what are 4 common factors of successful therapists?

Answer 15

• give feedback to their clients
• help them focus on their own behavior/thoughts
• pay attention to the client/therapist interactions
• promote self-mastery in their clients

Question 16

gordon paul’s question to guide the most efective form of treatment:

Answer 16

What specific treatment, by whom, is most effective for this individual with that specific problem, and under which set of circumstances?