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What are the three essential features of therapy?
What are the three essential features of therapy?
Which assessment tool is typically used to gather personal history in detail?
Which assessment tool is typically used to gather personal history in detail?
What is one characteristic that assessment tools must possess?
What is one characteristic that assessment tools must possess?
Which of the following is NOT a category of clinical assessment tools?
Which of the following is NOT a category of clinical assessment tools?
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In psychological testing, what does ‘reliability’ refer to?
In psychological testing, what does ‘reliability’ refer to?
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What type of information is primarily focused on in idiographic assessment?
What type of information is primarily focused on in idiographic assessment?
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Which of the following theories is associated with a biological approach to treatment?
Which of the following theories is associated with a biological approach to treatment?
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What is one characteristic necessary for a standardized assessment tool?
What is one characteristic necessary for a standardized assessment tool?
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What type of treatment modality begins with assessment information to determine a treatment plan?
What type of treatment modality begins with assessment information to determine a treatment plan?
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Which of the following is critical in behavioral observation strategies?
Which of the following is critical in behavioral observation strategies?
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What aspect of a Mental Status Examination assesses the individual's appearance in relation to age and hygiene?
What aspect of a Mental Status Examination assesses the individual's appearance in relation to age and hygiene?
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Which of the following statements reflects a limitation of clinical interviews?
Which of the following statements reflects a limitation of clinical interviews?
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Which of the following intelligence tests is NOT mentioned as part of diagnostic assessments?
Which of the following intelligence tests is NOT mentioned as part of diagnostic assessments?
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What key characteristic must assessment tools possess according to diagnostic assessment standards?
What key characteristic must assessment tools possess according to diagnostic assessment standards?
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Which of the following assessments is an example of neuropsychological testing?
Which of the following assessments is an example of neuropsychological testing?
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What aspect of cognition is evaluated in the Mental Status Examination?
What aspect of cognition is evaluated in the Mental Status Examination?
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What does behavioral observation in psychological assessment primarily involve?
What does behavioral observation in psychological assessment primarily involve?
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Which of the following is NOT a component of mood and affect assessment in the Mental Status Examination?
Which of the following is NOT a component of mood and affect assessment in the Mental Status Examination?
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Which testing method involves self-report and uses inventories to evaluate personality traits?
Which testing method involves self-report and uses inventories to evaluate personality traits?
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What is a primary purpose of the DSM-5 in psychological assessment?
What is a primary purpose of the DSM-5 in psychological assessment?
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Which aspect of mental status examination evaluates the subject's physical demeanor such as gait, handshake, and abnormal movements?
Which aspect of mental status examination evaluates the subject's physical demeanor such as gait, handshake, and abnormal movements?
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What type of assessment focuses on the individual's thought clarity, relevance, and flow?
What type of assessment focuses on the individual's thought clarity, relevance, and flow?
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Which of the following is NOT considered a limitation of clinical interviews?
Which of the following is NOT considered a limitation of clinical interviews?
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Which intelligence test is specifically designed for assessing children?
Which intelligence test is specifically designed for assessing children?
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In behavioral observation strategies, which method includes structured and systematic assessments of behaviors in their natural environment?
In behavioral observation strategies, which method includes structured and systematic assessments of behaviors in their natural environment?
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What type of personality testing involves the use of ambiguous stimuli to uncover deeper thoughts and feelings?
What type of personality testing involves the use of ambiguous stimuli to uncover deeper thoughts and feelings?
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Which assessment tool can be used to rate the severity of a disorder?
Which assessment tool can be used to rate the severity of a disorder?
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Which of the following is involved in evaluating a person's insight when conducting a mental status examination?
Which of the following is involved in evaluating a person's insight when conducting a mental status examination?
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What is one common reason clinical interviews may lack reliability?
What is one common reason clinical interviews may lack reliability?
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Which test assesses memory as part of a neuropsychological evaluation?
Which test assesses memory as part of a neuropsychological evaluation?
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Study Notes
Abnormal Psychology
- Instructor: Dr. Rukhsana Kausar
- Topic: 9-14
Diagnosis
- Diagnosis is based on assessment and DSM-5 criteria.
- Clinicians use available information to paint a "clinical picture."
- This picture is influenced by the clinician's theoretical orientation.
- Diagnosis is the determination that a person's problems reflect a particular disorder or syndrome, based on an existing classification system.
Diagnostic Process
- Components of the diagnostic process include clinical interview, subjective rating, baselines, behavioral assessment, formal assessment tests, and prognosis.
Characteristics of Psychological Assessment
- Assessment involves collecting relevant information to reach a conclusion, focusing on individual cases (idiographic) and evaluating treatment progress.
- Clinical assessment tools include clinical interviews, tests, and observations.
Characteristics of Test
- Assessment tools must be standardized and have clear reliability and validity.
- Procedures include administration, scoring, and interpretation.
Clinical Interview
- Used to gather detailed information, especially personal history, about the client.
- Allows the interviewer to focus on crucial topics.
- Can be either unstructured or structured.
- Limitations include potential lack of validity or accuracy, particularly in unstructured interviews, potential for individual misleading responses, and interviewer bias.
Mental Status Examination
- Includes general appearance (e.g., appearance relative to age, body build, clothing, hygiene, odor, facial expression).
- Psychomotor behavior (e.g., gait, handshake, abnormal movements).
- Speech (e.g., rate of speech, intensity of volume, liveliness, quantity).
- Mood and affect (e.g., appropriateness of affect, range of affect, stability of affect, attitude toward the interviewer; specific mood or feelings observed or reported, anxiety level).
- Cognition (e.g., cognition, attention & concentration, memory, abstraction, insight into illness, orientation, judgment).
- Thought pattern (e.g., clarity, relevance/logic, flow, content, level of consciousness)..
Diagnostic Assessment
- Intelligence Tests: Salosson Intelligence Test, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales.
- Personality Testing (Self-report): Big Five Inventory, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Cattell's 16 Personality Factors Tests.
- Personality Testing (Projective): Rorschach test, Thematic Apperception Test, Child Apperception Test, House Tree Person.
- Neuropsychological Assessment: Benton Visual Retention Test, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS), Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological battery, Memory Assessment Scales (MAS), Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Tests, Stroop Test, Tower Test.
- Specific Disorder Related Tests: Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, OCD Inventory, Positive and negative symptoms scale.
Behavior Observation
- Systematic observations of behavior are key, including naturalistic observations and self-monitoring.
- Clinical observation includes subjective ratings of symptoms and baseline charts.
DSM-5 and Assessment
- DSM-5 criteria can serve as an assessment tool, particularly for rating the severity of a disorder.
- A list of assessment tools is provided.
Assessment Report
- Briefly summarizes results via various assessment inventories.
- Includes the history of the problem, behavioral observations, test administration, quantitative analysis, qualitative analysis, and conclusions.
DSM & Diagnosis
- DSM criteria can be used as an assessment tool
- Severity criteria to rate the severity of the disorder are in DSM-5.
What's New in DSM-5
- Changes to diagnostic structure (non-axial system, unspecified, changed wording of conditions).
- Obsolete categories, new categories (e.g., disruptive mood dysregulation, persistent depressive disorder).
Diagnosis and Treatment
- Clinicians diagnose to treat abnormality.
- Treatment/therapy is a procedure to change abnormal behavior back to normal.
Treatment Team
- Typically includes psychiatrists, psychologists, helping staff, and family/informant.
Modality of Treatment
- Treatment involves using assessment information and diagnostic decisions to determine a treatment plan.
- It typically combines idiographic and nomothetic information and uses various techniques.
Additional Topics (Not a fixed hierarchy)
- Therapy involves sufferer, trained healer and a series of contacts.
- Various theoretical orientations are presented (i.e., sociocultural, psychoanalytic, biological).
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Test your knowledge on the diagnosis process in Abnormal Psychology, focusing on DSM-5 criteria and the components of psychological assessment. This quiz covers essential aspects of clinical interviews, behavioral assessments, and the characteristics of clinical assessment tools. Perfect for students wanting to deepen their understanding of diagnosis in psychology.
