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what is essential when studying psychopathology and treating of psychological D/O'S?
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clinical assessment and diagnosis
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What is clinical assessment?
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a systematic evaluation and measurement of psychological, biological and social factors in an individual presenting with a possible psychological disorder.
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What is a DX?
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a process of determining a particular problem affecting the individual that meets criteria for a psych d/o in the DSMIV-TH
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What is the DSMIV-TR
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Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fourth edition (Text Reversion) done by am. psych association in 2000
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What kind of questions do you begin the clinic interview?
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Asking broad, open ended questions
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What 3 concepts are used to determine the value of assessments?
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reliability, validity, and standardization
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What is reliability
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is the degree to which ta measurement is consistent.
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What do psychologists improve their reliability?
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By designing assessment devices and then conduct research on them to ensure that two or more raters will get the same answers. (called interrater reliability)
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What is test-retest reliability?
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If a client goes to one MD and then goes to another they get the same results. (example: IQ 110 on Tue then on Fri you do it again you get 110)
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What are five test characteristics?
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validity reliability, standardization, cost, ease of administration
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What is validity?
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Is whether something measures what it is designed to measure, in this case, whether a tecchnique assess what it is supposed to.
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What is predictive validity?
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How well your assessment tells you what will happen in the future.
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