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Clinical assessment
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The process of gathering information about a person and their environment to make decisions about the nature, status and treatment of psychological problems
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screening
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An assessment process that attempts to identify psychological problems or predict the risk of future problems among people who are not referred for clinical assessment
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dignosis
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identificatino of an illness
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differential diagnosis
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a process in which clinician weighs how likely it is that a person has one diagnosis instead of another
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clinical significance
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observed change that is meaningful in terms of clinical functioning
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normative
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a comparison group that is representative of the entire population against which a person's score on a psychological test is compared
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self-referent comparisons
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comparison of responses on a psychological instrument with a person's own prior performance
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reliability
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how well a psychological assessment instrument produces consistent results each time it is given
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test-retest reliability
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how well a test produces similar scores over time when given to the same individuals
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interrater agreement
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the amount of agreement between two clinicians who are using the same measure to rate the same symptoms in a single patient
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validity
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the degree to which a test measures what it is intended to assess
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clinical interviews
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conversations between an interviewer and a patient in order to gather information and make judgments related to assessment goals
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unstructured interviews
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clinical interviews in which the clinician decides what questions to ask and how to ask them
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structured interview
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clinical interview in which the clinician asks a standard set of questions, usually with the goal of establishing a diagnosis
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personality test
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psych test that measures personality characteristics
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projective tests
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tests derived from psych theory in which people are asked to respond to ambiguous stimuli
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functional analysis
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behavioral assessment in which a clinician attempts to find causal links between problem behaviors and environmental variables
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self-monitoring
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a proc within behavioral assessment in which a patient observes and records their own behavior as it happens
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behavioral observation
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the measurement of behavior as it occurs by someone other than the person whose behavior is being observed
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beahvioral avoidance test
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test to assess avoidance by asking a patient to approach a feared situation os closely as possible
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psychophysiological assessment
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assessment strategies that measure brain structure, brain function, and nervous system activity
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multiaxial system
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a system of diagnosis and classification used by the DSM that requires classifying a patient's behavior on five different dimensions
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DSM Axis I
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Primary dimension on which clinical syndrome is diagnosed, e.g. anxiety, depression, etc.
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DSM Axis II
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Addresses long-standing difficulties such as personality disorders
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DSM Axis III
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Medical problems
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DSM Axis IV
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Psychosocial or environmental problems, e.g. life change such as divorce, job change
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DSM Axis V
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Global assessment of functioning
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