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Limitations of clinical interviews

Some people are unable or unwilling to provide accurate ans relevant information



•Clinets can be influenced by social desirability



•Prone to subjectivity and bias



•Presense of particular disorders may be difficult to detect in an initial interview

Medical Examination



Behavioural Assessment

•Behavioural coding system or formal observational schedules



•Focus on frequency of specific, targeted behavioural events



•Can include self-monitoring in which the client observes and records his/her own behaviour eg. Sleep diary.

Types of Psychological testing

Screening measures (K10)



•Personality inventories (MMPI)



•Intelligence tests (WAIS-R, WISC-R)



•Projective tasks (house-tree-person) kids draw which shows underlying emotions.



Neuropsychological testing (WMS-IV) ~ memory



•Brain imaging techniques (MRI, PET scans)



•Psychophysiological assessment (EEG patterns)

Advantages of Classification/Diagnosis

Simplifies complex data



•Enables communication between health professionals



•Enables clinicians to identify signs and symptoms that cluster together to constitute a clinical syndrome or disorder



•Enables clinicians to distinguish one syndrome from another



•Provides info about the likely course of a mental disorder with or without treatment (prognosis)



•Assist in the selection of appropriate treatments



•Enables clinical research (between group designs) to develop improved clinical strategies



•Enables epidemiological studies

2 Classification systems

International Classification of diseases, injuries and causes of death (ICD-11)



•Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-5)

Features of the DSM-5



Atheoretical


Resource book


Categorical

Atheoretical


-Decisions made by work groups


-Information based on scientific data



Resource book


Criteria, trends (age, culture, gender), prevalence, risk, course, complications, predisposing conditions, family patterns.



Categorical


-Not pure categorical


-Not dimensional


-Prototypical: each disorder has certain essential characteristics + certain nonessential variations

Mood disorders



Essential and non-essential characteristic

Person 1 (classic manifestation of depression)


▪︎Depressed mood


▪︎Fatigue


▪︎Feelings of worthlessness


▪︎Loss of energy


▪︎Suicidal ideation



Person 2 (different manifestation but same diagnosis)


▪︎Markedly diminished interest or


▪︎pleasure in activities


▪︎Significant weight loss


▪︎Insomnia


▪︎Psychomotor agitation


▪︎Difficulty thinking or concentrating