Week 4: Clinical Assessment

Question 1

The systematic evaluation and measurement of psychological, biological and social factors in an individual presenting with a possible psychological disorder.

Answer 1

Assessment

Question 2

TOOLS OF ASSESSMENT
Used primarily to gather information about past and present behavior, attitudes, emotions and a history of the person’s problem(s) and life circumstances.

Answer 2

Clinical Interview

Question 3

TOOLS OF ASSESSMENT | CLINICAL INTERVIEW
A type of interview which is not standardized with respect to procedure and content and follows no systematic format.

Answer 3

Unstructured Interview

Question 4

TOOLS OF ASSESSMENT | CLINICAL INTERVIEW
A type of interview which consists of a standardized series of questions with predetermined wording and order.

Answer 4

Structured Interview

Question 5

TOOLS OF ASSESSMENT
Written, visual or verbal evaluations administered to assess the cognitive and emotional functioning of children and adults.

Answer 5

Psychological Tests

Question 6

TOOLS OF ASSESSMENT
Monitoring of oneself or another’s actions by visual or electronic means while recording quantitative and/or qualitative information regarding those actions.

Answer 6

Behavioral Observation

Question 7

TOOLS OF ASSESSMENT
Used to examine brain structure and function.

Answer 7

Psychophysiological and Neuroimaging Methods

Question 8

TOOLS OF ASSESSMENT | PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES
Refers to the consistency of a measure.

Answer 8

Reliability

Question 9

TOOLS OF ASSESSMENT | PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES
Demonstrated when the instrument measures what it intends to measure.

Answer 9

Validity

Question 10

The process of determining whether the presenting problem(s) fit the criteria for a particular mental disorder(s).

Answer 10

Diagnosis

Question 11

The process by which the complexity of phenomena is reduced by arranging them into categories according to some established criteria for one or more purposes.

Answer 11

Classification

Question 12

CLASSIFICATION OF DISORDERS
What does DSM stand for?

Answer 12

Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders

Question 13

NATURE OF DSM 5-TR
______ __________ theorizing about psychological disorders as biological disturbances was influential and led to an early emphasis on classical categorical strategies of abnormal behavior.

Answer 13

Emil Kraeplin

Question 14

NATURE OF DSM 5-TR | EVOLUTION
The first version of the DSM was created in response to the large-scale involvement of psychiatrists in the treatment, processing and assessment of _______ ___ __ __________.

Answer 14

World War II Soldiers

Question 15

NATURE OF DSM 5-TR |EVOLUTION
_____ __ and _____ __ are both clear reflections of the strong psychodynamic approach.

Answer 15

DSM II and DSM I

Question 16

NATURE OF DSM 5-TR |EVOLUTION
___-___-__ is known as a “text revision” and was published and organized into a five-part axial system.

Answer 16

DSM-IV-TR

Question 17

NATURE OF DSM 5-TR |EVOLUTION
In ___ __, a clinical significance criterion was added to almost half of all the categories.

Answer 17

DSM IV

Question 18

NATURE OF DSM 5-TR |EVOLUTION
___ __ discarded the multiaxial system of diagnosis in the previous version,
listing all disorders on a single axis instead.

Answer 18

DSM 5

Question 19

NATURE OF DSM 5-TR |EVOLUTION
____ __ took an atheoretical approach to diagnosis, relying on precise descriptions of disorders.

Answer 19

DSM III