Psychology

Question 1

Reasons for psychology referral

Answer 1

Question 2

Interventions

Answer 2

• CBT
• Behaviour therapy
• Solution focused
• Acceptance and commitment therapy
• Motivational interviewing
• Psycho-education
• Incredible years/triple PPP based parenting skills
• Family work approaches
• Psychological assessments
• Cognitive/psychometric/neuropsychological assessments

Question 3

Factors impacting on adjustment

Answer 3

Question 4

Erikson developmental tasks

Answer 4

Question 5

Piaget cognitive development

Answer 5

• Sensory-motor stage (0-2 years) - reflexive, egocentric, object permanence
• Pre-operations stage (2-7 years) - thought processes developing, symbolisation, egocentric, aninism, focus one aspect of situation at time.
• Concrete operations (7-11 years) - more operational, rational, think several features object at time, reversibility.
• Formal operations (11-16 years) - more adult like, rely more ideas, work thing out head, think more abstractly.

Question 6

Models of coping

Answer 6

• Problem focused - efforts to change or manage some aspect of the environment, person, or aspects of relation between these two
• Emotion focused - efforts to reduce, manage or regulate the negative emotions associated with the stressful episode

Question 7

The 5 P’s model for assessment

Answer 7

• Predisposing factors
• Precipitating factors
• Protective factors
• Presenting problem
• Perpetuating factors