PSY 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bipolar Disorder, Thematic Apperception Test, Projective Test
11 Apr 2016
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Reliability: consistency across measures: inter-rater reliability: testing agreement between two different clinicians administering the same measure to see if this diagnosis is correct. If there isn"t agreement then it is either an issue with the person who administered it or something wrong with the measure itself. Validity: does the measure actually measure what it is supposed to measure. Have specific guidelines and questions to be asked to each person. What are clinical assessments: mental status exam: Tell you whether you need to look further for a potential psychological disorder: a screening/preliminary type of interview. You are going to asses (5) things: appearance and behavior. Overt appearance: are they twitching, can stand still, flat. What is there rate of speech (depression: slowly, bipolar disorder: rapid speech: mood and affect (mood accompanying a sad incident) Does their emotional response match their situation (affect?) Are they happy while talking about a friend"s death? (strange: intellectual functioning. Use of abstraction and metaphors: sensorium.
