Diagnosis and Assessment

According to Hans Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) there are three (3) levels of stress as a biological response. Stress can be conceptualized as the subjective experience of distress in response to perceived environmental problems.

During clinical interviews, therapists does not ask history and current medications. It is not also important for interviewers to see how the respondent answer questions, of if they don't answer them.

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory is designed to detect a number of psychological problems. Meanwhile, personality inventory is a psychological assessment tool in which a set of standard stimuli—inkblots or drawings—ambiguous enough to allow variation in responses is presented to the person.

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) are based on the assumption that a detailed sample of a person’s current intellectual functioning can predict how well they will perform in school. An example of TAT is Rorschach Inkblot Test.

Direct Observation is when people are asked to observe and track their own behavior and responses. Self-observation is where an observer divides the sequence of behavior into various parts that make sense within a learning framework, including such things as the antecedents and consequences of particular behaviors.

Positron emission tomography, the PET scan, a more expensive and invasive procedure, also allows measurement of both brain structure and brain function. Functional MRI (fMRI), which allows researchers to measure only the brain function.

Halstead–Reitant Tests are examples of behavioral and cognitive assessment. Neuropsychological tests are often used in conjunction with the brain imaging techniques, both to detect brain dysfunction and to help pinpoint specific areas of behavior that are impacted by problems in the brain.

Folk Illness is a combination of psychiatric and somatic symptoms that are considered to be a recognizable disease only within a specific society or culture. Cultural differences do not play a role in assessment.