PSYB32H3 Lecture 3: Lecture-3
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Evidence-based assessment of mental health: background data, examples, family history is there any history of psychiatric disorder? to determine any genetic predisposition, age to determine base rates, medical history addiction. What could go wrong if you ask an individual what brings you here? . It is subjective they might think but they may not have the symptoms that they are suggesting they have. Sometimes the patient is not comfortable to share everything, so they omit certain kinds of problems. Positive impression management (saying that there is nothing wrong with them: this is done sometimes because they are uncomfortable, for cultural reasons, or because of brain injury anosognosia (unawareness of mental illness) Negative impression management overexaggerating the symptoms. What make clinical psychologists unique is that they employ tests. These tests allow you to determine in a quantifiable manner what this person"s symptoms are like in terms of breadth, severity, and veracity: quantitative data, qualitative data.
