PSYC 356 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Differential Diagnosis, Thematic Apperception Test, Jenga
30 Jan 2017
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Assessment, treatment, & diagnosis a kid walks into a therapist"s office . What would you want: someone who respects and addresses you. What do you think it means to the kids/adolescents to be there: it might be uncomfortable for them, might be dispositional. Where do you start: forms, forms, and more forms. Not everyone wants to be in therapy. What brings you here: goals/purpose of treatment, treatment vs assessment. How to tell if treatment/assessment is helpful/necessary: look at how the child and parent are reacting to the therapy session. Meaning of symptoms changes depending on age: normative manifestations of fear. Early childhood (3-5): fear of animals, dark, and imaginary creatures are common: school avoidance at age 6 vs. age 13. Referral issues tend to occur in most children: sadness, concentration difficulties, demanding attention, disobedience. Describe presenting problem: frequency, intensity, severity, age of onset, duration, what helps, how tried to cope.
