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Purposes of clinical assessment x4
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- to understand the individual - to predict behavior - to plan treatment - to evaluate treatment outcome
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Why would abnormal psych be analogous to a funnel
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- starts broad- multidimensional in approach - narrow to specific problem areas
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What are the 3 concepts that determine value of assessment
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- reliability- validity - standardization
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Consistency is measurement
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Reliability
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What the test measures and how well it does so
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Validity
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Standards and norms help ensure consistency in the use of a technique
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Standardization
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Can a test be reliable but not valid?
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Yes
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Can a test be valid but not reliable?
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No
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Most common clinical assessment method can be structured or semi-structured
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Clinical interview
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What does the mental status exam look at x5
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- appearance and behavior - thought processes - mood and affect- intellectual functioning - sensorium
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What can you take to check if mental disorders are associated with physical disorders?
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Physical exam
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Focuses on here and nowtends to be direct and minimally inferential purpose is to identify problematic behaviours and situationsidentify antecedents, behaviours and consequences
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Behavioural assessment
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Can be either formal or informal with self-monitoring vs. others observingproblem of reactivity using direct observation methods
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Behavioural observation and behavioural assessment
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Project aspects of personality onto ambiguous test stimuli where reliability and validity data tend to be mixed
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Projective tests
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Projective tests roots in
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Psychoanalytic tradition
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