PSY 280 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: World Health Organization, Hypomania, Ecological Validity

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Assessment: process of gathering information about a person so that you can make a clinical decision about that person"s symptoms. Perfor(cid:373) cli(cid:374)ical i(cid:374)ter(cid:448)ie(cid:449)s to get this (cid:449)hich co(cid:374)sist of . The current areas of distress and their history. The manner in which cultural factors may influence the current condition. Any way in which previous family, medical, or psychological factors may influence the current situation. Mental status exam: clinical interview organized into major categories designed to determine a person"s cognitive processes. Flight of ideas: responses that aren"t related to the question asked or that tell a narrative in which each sentence isn"t related to the one that came before it. Delusional thinking: an unrealistic pattern of thoughts forming a theme. Obsessional thinking: pattern of repeated thoughts beyond the control of the person. Structured interview: interview that is highly structured in terms of the questions asked, allowing for better consistency across interviewers and clients. Structured clinical interview for dsm disorders (page 140)

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