Psychology 2030A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Anorexia Nervosa, Intellectual Disability, Hearing Loss

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

Document Summary

Gathering information about the nature, status, and treatment of psychological problems: begins w/ referral questions that determine goals of assessment, selection of appropriate psychological tests and measurements. Differential diagnosis a process in which a clinician weighs how likely it is a person has one diagnosis instead of another: differentiating b/w diagnoses. Starts w/ screening identify psychological problems or predict the risk for future problems: selection of appropriate psychological tests and measurements. Diagnosis identification of illness: more information you can get, the more accurate your diagnosis. Outcome evaluation wide range of outcomes. Screening results positive (score suggests depression is present) & negative (score suggests depression is absent) Actual problem depression is present & depression is absent. Depression is absent but screening result says positive = false positive. Epilepsy vs. schizophrenia: epilepsy can cause certain types of psychosis & hallucinations. Medication reaction vs. depression: medication has side effects can make you feel down and depressed.