what is clinical psychology Flashcards
1
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what is clinical psychology?
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an area of psychology that is concerned with abnormal behaviour, it seeks to define what makes abnormal behaviour and aims to diagnose and explain mental illness, once diagnose behaviour can be treated to try and reduce distress
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what is diagnosis?
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-involves a clinician listening to a patient to see whether any of their symptoms match those in a checklist of features
3
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what are the contemporary studies for clinical?
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williams
carlson
4
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what is the classical study?
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rosenham
5
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what is the study for interviews?
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brown
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what is the case study used in clinical?
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bradshaw
