Psychology 3301F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Urinary Tract Infection, Suicidal Ideation, Differential Diagnosis
15 Jan 2019
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Formal diagnostic assessment: diagnosis based on assessment of life history facts; signs & symptoms; personality traits; behaviors, 3 ways to get diagnosis, no measures used + unstructured interview, measures used + uninstructed interview, measures used + structured interview. Structured interviews: tied to particular sets of criteria, they spell out, what questions to ask, what order to ask them, how to ask them, & how to follow them up. If subject indicates a positive response to item 26a, turn to page 24 and follow-up with item. In unstructured interviews, there may be an instinct to hone in on one diagnoses instead of maybe there being comorbidity. Formal assessment protocols: what determines the value of assessment? (hint: two things) Reliability: test-retest reliability: the degree to which test results are consistent over time. Weschler intelligence scale for children (wisc: generates a full scale iq (intelligence quotient) that represents a child"s general intellectual ability, challenged ----> all the way to gifted.
