Abnormal Psychology Chapter 3 Notes: Clinical Assessment‚ Diagnoses and Treatment Clinical practioners main focus when faced with new clients is to gather ideographic information (individuals information) about them and understand them and their difficulties. Clinical Assessment Assessment: the collecting of relevant information in an effort to reach a conclusion. Goes on in every realm of life (picking cereal or clothes) Clinical Assessment: used to determine how and why a person
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INTRODUCTION Psychology evolved out of both philosophy and biology. Throughout psychology’s history‚ a number of different schools of thought have formed to explain human thought and behavior. These schools of thought often rise to dominance for a period of time. While these schools of thought are sometimes perceived as competing forces‚ each perspective has contributed to our understanding of psychology. Some of the major schools of thought in psychology are Structuralism‚ Functionalism‚ Gestalt
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population that a clinical psychologist work with. It is imperative that they have cultural competence. Cultural competence‚ therefore‚ is an acknowledgement and incorporation of‚ on the part of clinicians and healthcare systems‚ the importance of culture‚ the assessment of cross-cultural relations‚ vigilance towards the dynamics that result from cultural differences‚ the expansion of cultural knowledge‚ and the adaptation of services to meet culturally unique needs (Kodjo‚2009). During a clinical psychologist
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The goals of psychological studies are to describe‚ explain‚ predict and perhaps influence mental processes or behaviours. In order to do this‚ psychologists utilize the scientific method to conduct psychological research. The scientific method is a standardized way of making observations‚ gathering data‚ forming theories‚ testing predictions and interpreting results. Knowledge can be acquired through induction or deduction. Induction involves reasoning from the particular to the general. E.g.
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EXAMINATION OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 1 Examination of Clinical Psychology Gerber
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are many approaches to clinical psychology; the four major approaches are in psychodynamic‚ cognitive-behavioral‚ humanistic‚ and family systems. Using the four major approaches contributes to the effectiveness in treatment by identifying the goals of each approach. The paper will break down the approaches‚ goals‚ techniques‚ and the overall approaches used. Philosophical Origins of Clinical Psychology ApproachesAs Thomas Plante (2005) cleverly suggested‚ clinical psychology is both a science and
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Ethical boundaries in clinical psychology is best explained as being those that are crossed and then those in which are consider to be in direct violation of patient professional care. Working in the healthcare industry when boundiares become crossed between that of the patient and medical profession there becomes an issue with what treatment plans is best suitable as well as the overall relationship between both parties. Boundary violation has the potential to be harmful to a patient which could
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and professional organization representing psychology in the United States. APA is the world ’s largest association of psychologists‚ with more than 134‚000 researchers‚ educators‚ clinicians‚ consultants and students as its members. Our mission is to advance the creation‚ communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people ’s lives. Our Work APA seeks to advance the creation‚ communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society
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Chapter 4 Learning Objectives 1. Define clinical assessment and discuss the roles of the clinical interview‚ tests‚ and observations. Clinical assessment is an evaluation of a patient’s physical condition and prognosis based on information gathered from physical and laboratory examinations and the patient’s medical history. Clinical interview is a face to face encounter meeting. Tests are devices for gathering information about a few aspects of a person’s psychological
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Informatics is the art of computer information structures. Clinical informatics is the use of information and technology‚ to deliver care and offers patients the ability to observer their wellbeing (Levin‚ Harper‚ & Barr‚ 2015‚ para. 3). In comparing these two areas‚ they are linked. There is no way to offer clinical information to patients or providers without having informatics. An example of clinical informatics used within my organization is the use of the texting tool within point click
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