Theories, Assessment, Diagnosis Flashcards
clinical assessment
specific evaluation and measurement pf psychological, biological and social factors in a person presenting with a possible psychological disorder
- funnel
diagnosis
process of determining whether a presenting problem meets the established criteria for a specific psychological disorder
clinical interview
gathers information on current and past behaviour, attitudes and emotions, and a detailed history of the individual’s life in general and of the presenting problem, mental status exam
behavioural assessment
measuring, observing and systematically evaluating the client’s thoughts, feelings, behaviour in the actual problem situation or context
- target behaviours
- ABC - antecedent, behaviour, consequence
- formal observation
- self-monitoring
- reactivity
projective testing
psychoanalytically based measures that present ambiguous stimuli to clients on the assumption that their responses will reveal their unconscious conflicts
personality inventories
self-report questionnaires that assess personal traits by asking respondents to identify descriptions that apply to them
neuropsychological testing
assessment of brain and nervous system functioning by testing an individual’s performance on behavioural tasks
neuroimaging
nonintrusive examination of nervous system structure and function
psychophysiological assessment
measurement of changes in the nervous system reflecting psychological to emotional events
classification issues
categorial, dimensional and prototypical approaches, reliability, validity
DSM-5 critiques
the disorder descriptions sometimes contain signs and symptoms that are not indicative of pathology, the disorders are set up to be categorial, all editions have received criticism related to reliability, whether the categories are the right ones
