Week 1 & 2 Flashcards
The 4 P’s:
PredisposingPrecipitating-The triggers that have set the factors offPerpetuating-Cog or Behavioural factors that maintain the problemProtective-The strengths
Explain DSM IV
Included culture specific sections
Explain DSM III
Scientific data was a major principle and it also created diagnostic criteria.
Explain DSM II
First inclusion of symptoms.
Explain DSM I
Little interest in diagnosis. Psychoanalysis was the only treatment.
5 Things you want to obtain in a CI?
Demographic DataMedical HistoryFamily HistoryEducational & Vocational HistoryPsychological History
5 things the Clinician should convey to the patient?
The purpose of psych assessmentWhat the client is expected to doConfidentiality of the infoInformed consentWho will have access to the info.
What are the 4 purposes of Clinical Assessment?
Understand the personPredict behaviourPlan treatmentEvaluate treatment outcomes
What is a Prototypical Approach?
It first identifies certain essential characteristics of something but then has underlying variations. DSM is based on this approach.
What is a Dimensional Approach
An approach to classify disorders based on the variety of cognitions, moods and behaviors and quantifies them on a scale.
What is and Who Originated the Classical Catergorial Approach?
Kraepelin- It assumes that every diagnosis has a clear underlying cause. There is no overlap between disorders.
What is a Nomothetic Strategy?
Used to determine the Genral Class of problems a set of symptoms belongs to.
What is an Idiographic Strategy?
Used when you want to find out about one person. What makes them unique.
Face Validity
Something that makes sense when you read it.
Analog model?
When clinicians use role-play in a clinical setting.
