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What to include in a mental status examination |
Appearance, orientation, speech pattern, affect / mood, impulsive / potential for harm, judgment / Insight, thought processes / reality testing, intellectual functioning / memory |
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Cluster A personality disorders |
Odd and eccentric schizoid personality disorder paranoid personality disorder schizotypal personality disorder |
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Cluster B personality disorders |
Dramatic, emotional, and erratic antisocial personality disorder borderline personality disorder narcissistic personality disorder histrionic personality disorder |
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Cluster C personality disorders |
Anxious and fearful avoidant personality disorder dependent personality disorder obsessive-compulsive personality disorder |
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Schizoid personality disorder |
Introverted, withdrawn, solitary, emotionally cold, and distant; absorbed with own thoughts and feelings and fearful of closeness and intimacy with others |
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Paranoid personality disorder |
Interpreting the actions of others as deliberately threatening or demeaning; untrusting, unforgiving, and prone to angry or aggressive outbursts |
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Schizotypal personality disorder |
A pattern of peculiaritie--odd or eccentric manners of speaking or dressing; strange, outlandish, or paranoid beliefs; display signs of "magical thinking" |
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Antisocial personality disorder |
Impulsive, irresponsible, and callous; history of legal difficulties; belligerent and irresponsible behavior; aggressive and even violent relationships; no respect for others |
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Borderline personality disorder |
Unstable in interpersonal relationships, behavior, mood, or self-image; abrupt and extreme mood changes; stormy interpersonal relationships; fluctuating self-image; self-destructive actions |
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Narcissistic personality disorder |
Exaggerated sense of self-importance; absorbed by fantasies of unlimited success; seek constant attention; over sensitive to failure |
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Histrionic personality disorder |
Behave melodramatically or "over-the-top," constantly displaying an excessive level of emotionality; attention-seeking |
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Avoidant personality disorder |
Hypersensitive to rejection and unwilling to become involved with others and less sure of being liked; avoidance of social events or work that involves interpersonal contact |
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Dependent personality disorder |
Pattern of dependent and submissive behavior; relying on others to make personal decisions; require excessive reassurance and advice |
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Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder |
Conscientious, with high levels of aspiration; strive for perfection; never satisfied with achievements |
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Comorbid |
Existing with or at the same time; for instance, having two different illnesses at the same time |
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Contraindicated |
Not recommended or safe to use (a medication or treatment that is contraindicated would not be prescribed to because it could have serious consequences) |
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Delusion |
Both, fixed belief despite evidence to the contrary (believing something is not true) |
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Disorientation |
Confusion with regard to person, time, or place |
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Dissociation |
Disturbance or change in the usually integrative functions of memory, identity, perception, or consciousness (often seen in clients with a history of trauma) |
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Endogenous depression |
Depression caused by biochemical imbalance rather than a psychosocial stressor or external factors |
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Exogenous depression |
Depression caused by external events or psychosocial stressors |
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Folie a deux |
Shared delusion |
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Hallucinations |
Hearing, seeing, smelling, or feeling something that is not real (auditory most common) |
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Hypomanic |
Elevated, expansive, or irritable mood that is less severe than full-blown manic symptoms (not severe enough to interfere with functioning and not accompanied by psychotic symptoms) |
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Postmorbid |
Subsequent to the onset of an illness |
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Premorbid |
Prior to the onset of an illness |
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Psychotic |
Experiencing delusions or hallucinations |
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Somatization |
The unconscious process by which psychological distress is expressed as physical symptoms. Often occurs as reactions to stressful situations and are not considered abnormal if they occur sporadically. |
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Malingering |
It is not considered a mental illness. In DSM-5 malingering receives a V Code as one of the other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention. It is defined as intentionally falsely or grossly exaggerating physical or psychological problems. |
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Differential diagnosis |
A systematic diagnostic method used to identify the presence of an entity or multiple alternatives are possible. |
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Three phase model for choosing and using appropriate treatment strategies for trauma-informed care |
Phase 1 safety and stabilization Phase 2 morning and Remembrance phase 3 reconnection and reintegration |
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NASW code of ethics on discharge or terminations |
Social workers should terminate services to clients and professional relationships with them when such services and relationships are no longer required or no longer serve client needs or interest. Social workers should take reasonable steps to avoid abandoning clients who are still in need of services. Social workers should withdraw services precipitously only under unusual circumstances, given careful consideration to all factors and the situation and take care to minimize possible adverse effects. So short Christian assist in making appropriate arrangements for continuation of services when necessary. It is unethical to continue to treat clients when services are no longer needed or in their best interests. |
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Internal validity |
Addresses the extent to which casual inferences can be made about the intervention and targeted Behavior |
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External validity |
Addresses how generalizable those inferences are to the general population |
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Trauma-informed care model |
Phase 1: Safety and Stabilization Phase 2: Morning and Remembrance Phase 3: Reconnection and Reintegration |
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Crisis |
An acute disruption of psychological homeostasis in which usual coping mechanisms fail and there exists evidence of distress and functional impairment. |
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NASW Code of Ethics on discharge and terminations |
Social workers should terminate services to clients and professional relationships with them when such services and relationships are no longer required or no longer serve client needs or interests. It is unethical to continue to treat clients when services are no longer needed or in their best interests. |
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Formative evaluations |
Ongoing processes that allow for feedback to be implemented during service delivery. These allow social workers to make changes as needed to help achieve program goals. |
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Summative evaluations |
These occur at the end of services and provide an overall description of their effectiveness. It also examines outcomes to determine whether objectives were met. |
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Single-subject research |
Aims to determine whether an intervention has the intended impact on a client, or on many clients who form a group. The most common example is pre and post-test or single case study in which there is a comparison of behavior before treatment and behavior after the start of treatment. |
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Internal validity |
addresses the extent to which casual inferences can be made about the intervention in the targeted behavior |
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External validity |
Addresses how generalizable those inferences are to the general population |
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Interratet or Interobserver Reliability |
Assesses the degree to which different raters / observers give consistent estimates of the same phenomenon |
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Test-Retest Reliability |
Assesses the consistency of a measure from one time to another |
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Parallel Forma Reliability |
Assesses the consistency of the results of two tests constructed in the same way from the same content domain |
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Internal Consistency Reliability |
Assesses the consistency of results across items within a test |
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Validity |
The degree to which what is being measured is what is claimed to be measured |
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Tartive dyskinesia |
Physical manifestations of a brain change |