Clinical and counceling

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Clinical/ Counsel Psychology

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the branch of psychology that has as its primary focus the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of abnormal behavior.

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premorbid functioning

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level of psychological and physical performance prior to the development of a disorder, an illness, or disability

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evolutionary view of mental disorder

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the internal mechanisms that break down or fail are viewed as having been acquired through the Darwinian process of natural selection

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biophsychosocial assessment

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includes exploration of relevant biological, psychological, social, cultural, and environmental variables for the purpose of evaluating how such variables may have contributed to the development and maintenance of a presenting problem

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fatalism

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the belief that what happens in life is largely beyond a person’s control

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self-efficacy

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confidence in one’s own ability to accomplish a task

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social support

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expressions of understanding, acceptance, empathy, love, advice, guidance, care and concern or trust from friends, family, community care givers, or others in one’s social environment

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therapeudic contract

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an agreement between client and therapist setting forth goals, expectations and mutual obligations with regard to a course of therapy

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stress interview

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where one objective is to place the interviewee in a pressured state for some particular reason

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hypnotic interview

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one conducted while the interviewee is under hypnosis

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cognitive interview

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rapport is established and the interviewee is encouraged to use imagery and focused retrieval to recall information

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collaborative interview

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allows the interviewee wide latitude to interact with the interviewer

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a mental status evaluation

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an examination used to screen for intellectual, emotional, and neurological deficits

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orientation

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mental status examination about the examinee’s appearance, gait, and so forth

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the millon clinical multiaxial inventory-III

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175 item true/false test that yields scores related to enduring personality features as well as acute symptoms

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test battery

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a group of tests administered together to gather information about an individual from a variety f instruments

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standard battery

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a group of tests including one intelligence test at least one personality test and a test designed to screen for neurological deficit

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culturally informed psychological assessment

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an approach to evaluation that is keenly perceptive of and responsive to issues of acculturation, values, identity, world view, language, and other culture related variables as they may impact the evaluation process or the interpretation of resulting data

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shifting cultural lenses

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unique items becoming part of an existing community

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ADDRESSING

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Age
Disability
Religion
Ethnicity
Social status
Sexual orientation
indigenous heritage
national origin
gender

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managed care

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a healthcare system where in the products and services provided to patients by a network of participating healthcare providers are mediated by an administrative agency of the insurer that works to keep cost down by fixing schedules or reimbursement to service providers

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reacculturation

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new sense of identity

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forensic psychological assessment

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the theory and application of psychological evaluation and measurement in a legal context

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duty to warn

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a duty that overrides the privileged communication between psychologist and client

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competence to stand trial

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a defendant’s ability to understand the charges against him and assist in his own defence

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m’naghten standard

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the right or wrong test (insanity)

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insanity

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the legal term for not being able to differentiate their actions as right or wrong

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durham standard

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a defendant was not culpable for criminal action if his unlawful act was the product of a mental disease or defect

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ALI standard

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A person is not responsible for criminal conduct if he lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law

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psychopath

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a person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior

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emotional injury

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psychological harm or damage

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profiling

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a crime solving process that draws upon psychological criminological expertise applied to the study of crime scene evidence

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custody evalutaion

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a psychological assessment of parents or guardians in their parental capacity and/or of children and their parental needs and preferences- usually undertaken for the purpose of assisting a court in making a decision about awarding custody

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neglect

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a failure on the part of an adult responsible for the care of a child to exercise a minimum degree of care and providing the child with food, clothing, shelter, education, medical care, and supervision

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abuse

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the creation of conditions that may give rise to abuse of a child by an adult responsible for the care of that person

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anatomically detailed dolls (ADDs)

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dolls with accurately represented genitalia

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psychological report

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a written report about the clinical and counseling sessions

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the barnum effect

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the finding that people tend to accept vague personality descriptions as accurate descriptions of themselves

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actuarial assessment/ prediction

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refers to the application of empirically demonstrated statistical rules and probabilities as a determining actor in clinical judgement and actions

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clinical prediction

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the application of a clinician’s own training and clinical experience as a determining factor in clinical judgement and actions

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mechanical predictions

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the application of empirically demonstrated rules and probabilities to the computer generation of findings and recommendations