CH.3 Assessment, Clarification, Mental Disorders

Question 1

Assessment

Answer 1

On going evaluation

Question 2

Intelligence test

Answer 2

Usually takes hours long to actually determine
-data is just a clue more clues become more accurate
systematically measure ppl

Question 3

Reliable

Answer 3

consistently hitting target

-2 different outcomes YES you have and no you don’t

Question 4

Validity

Answer 4

consistent & accurate

• really measuring what we say
• generalizability

Question 5

Interview

Answer 5

unstructured- what brings you in
semi-open ended questions
structured- specific questions

Question 6

Mental Status Exam

Answer 6

• obeservation
• rate of speech
• sensory perception

Question 7

Observation

Answer 7

Naturalistic: in classrooms, labs
Reactivity: to a situation, influenced

Question 8

Rorschach Inkblots

Answer 8

projecting feelings onto an ink blot

• abstract thinking like “my friend” had this problem
• deeper into unconscious

Question 9

principle of the non self

Answer 9

Part of something larger, connected

Question 10

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

Answer 10

31 different pictures: what is going on, what led up to, and after
Therese that can come up with certain pictures> I can’t do this, unworthy, fears

Question 11

Beck Depression Inventory

Answer 11

• series of questions
• biological functioning: thinking, feeling, sleeping, sex drive, behavior
• easy to see where they are improving and what needs to be worke on overtime

Question 12

MMPI

Answer 12

• 500 T/F questions for response patterns
• clinical scales: pattern of responses
• faking problems, chest pain, depression, paranoia.

Question 13

Intelligence Testing

Answer 13

• behavioral performance testing

- ID kids who may need tutoring, placement, cognitive problems (IQ)

Question 14

Wechsler Intelligence Scale

Answer 14

• information, comprehension, problem solving
• block design
• answer graded 0-2 scale

Question 15

Bender Desgin Test

Answer 15

• neurological, brain damage
• replication
• translating something happening in the brain through patterns

Question 16

Neurological

Answer 16

EEG -receiving information, processing, sleep disorders
CAT- X-ray of the brain, swelling, stoke
MRI-blood/necrosis, ligaments
PET- inject radioactive isotope metabolized into blood and light up when activity in areas of the brain

Question 17

Diagnostic/ Classification.

Answer 17

Labels: nomenclature (diabetic, nice, organized, helpful)
Category: accurate and valid describes someone

Question 18

DSM

Answer 18

-at least 5 of them for 2 weeks or more
DSM3 revised description: multi axial system (factors)
DSM4 more on culture, not separate mind and body

Question 19

DSM5

2013

Answer 19

-no multi axial system
Aspburgers now a subcategory of autism
-No categories: dimensions of severity, symptom patterns

Question 20

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Answer 20

• Axis 1 disorder
• severity, reoccurrence of certain patterns
• symptoms: excessive worry most days during the week, irritability
• distress & impairment

Question 21

Comorbidity

Answer 21

Co -occurring disorders

-more often more than one occurring

Question 22

Clinical Efficacy

Answer 22

Effective , useful, internal validity

EX. CBT usually 1-4 months

Question 23

Clinical Utility

Answer 23

External validity, only works with small sample

-EX. psychoanalysis , interpersonal therapy

Question 24

Effective

Answer 24

No longer creating a significant interference