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Initial impetus in the US for developing a system for classifying disorders was
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To gather statistical info
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Association to 1st develop the DSM
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APA
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Criticisms of DSM
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Validity and Reliability
Categories based on symptoms Influence from drug co cultural and political bias overpathologizing symptoms |
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Most common form of clinical assessment? Benefits?
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The Interview
Good validity and adds observation of pt to clinical info |
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Type of interview which asks specific questions with follow-up alternatives depending on the response. Positives? Negatives?
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Structured
Covers all required areas of evaluation Feels formal and inflexible |
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Type of interview that is flexible and utilizes open ended questions. Positives? Negatives?
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Unstructured
May be more in depth May not cover all the required areas of evaluation |
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When is the MSE typically done?
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During the 1st interview when their is reason to believe the pt is experiencing cognitive, behavioral, or emotional problems, as well as in emergencies
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A series of questions that provide a snapshot of a pts current behavioral, cognitive, and mental condition
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MSE
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What takes priorty over the MSE during an initial exam
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Safety
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Most commonly used intelligence test
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Wechsler scales for adults, children, and preschool/primary
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When should a psychiatric hx be taken?
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It is taken as part of the medical hx
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What test is used most often by physicians to determine depression due to its directness and ease of administration
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Beck Depression Inventory-II
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External emotion as opposed to inner emotions and feelings
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Affect vs mood
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Anhedonic mood
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Inability to feel pleasure
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Dysphoric mood
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Subjectively unpleasant feeling as opposed to euphoric which is strong feelings of elation
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Euthymic mood
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Normal mood
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Flat affect
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Complete lack of emotion
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Blunted affect
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Strongly decreased display of emotional responses. This greater than restricted affect which is a general decrease in emotion
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Free-floating anxiety
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Fright not associated with any specific cause. Fear is fright with real danger, whereas anxiety is fear w/o danger.
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Pt who responds only to shaking, shouting, and prodding is in what state
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Stupor
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Pt who has abnormal sleepiness
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Somnolence
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Pt with the inability to respond normally to external events
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Clouding of consciousness
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Pts who alternates between euphria and dysphoria has what type of mood
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Labile
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A measurement of a persons innate potential for learning. Determined largely by what?
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Intelligence
Genetic factors |
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Difference between itelligence performance between african americans and white americans is attributed to?
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Cultural and socio-economical factors
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equation for producing IQ
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IQ= MA/CA X 100
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Normal IQ
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90-109
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Mental Retardation:
Mild Moderate Severe Profound(John's IQ) |
50-70
35-55 20-40 less than 20 |
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Test that evaluates skills for daily living in mentally retarded and other challenged people
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Vineland Social Maturity Test
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Tests that assess all areas of cognitive functioning
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Neuropsychological:
Halstead-Reitan and Luria scales |
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The most commonly used projective personality test. What is its primary use?
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Rorschach Test:
Identifies though disorders and defense mechanisms |
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The most commonly used objective personality test
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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
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Objective personality test that is directly compatible with personality disorders and other diagnoses in the DSM-IV-TR
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The Million Clinical Mutiaxial Inventory II
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Requires the subject to interpret the questions by projecting his emotions, conflicts, and defense mechanisms into the answers
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Projective personality test:
Rorschach, Thematic Apperception Test, and Sentence Completion Test |
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Can a family physician administer an objective personality test?
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Yes, however, they usually interpreted by a psychologist
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Test that helps determine how an individuals level of stress relates to illness
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Holmes Rahe scale
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