PSYC 3082 Chapter : PSYC 3082 Chapter 3
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Assessing psychological disorders: why is assessment important, to understand the individual, to predict behavior, to plan treatment, to evaluate treatment outcome. Assessing psychological disorders: analogous to a funnel, starts broad, multidimensional in approach, narrow to specific problem areas. The dsm-iv-tr: five axes full clinical presentation, clear inclusion and exclusion criteria for disorders, disorders are categorized under broad headings, empirically-grounded, prototypic approach to classification, dsm-v expected in 2013. Mood and anxiety from childhood rape and abusive relationship: diagnosis, axis i, post-traumatic stress disorder, cannabis dependence, partial remission, alcohol dependence, partial remission, axis ii, borderline personality disorder (by report), full remission. Exam one: chapters 1, 2, & 3: axis iii, none, axis iv, unemployed, on probation, dcf involvement, domestic violence, axis v, 50 (serious impairment in social, occupational functioning) Neuroimaging: allows for observation of brain structure and/or functioning, insight into brain-behavior relations, imaging brain structure, computerized axial tomography (cat or ct scan, magnetic resonance imaging (mri, better resolution than ct scan.
