Psychology 2030A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Electrodermal Activity, Functional Analysis, Electroencephalography

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

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Psychology 2030a chapter 3 lecture 2. Differential diagnosis process in which clinician weights how likely it is that person has one diagnosis instead of another. Screening identify psychological problems or predict risk of future problems: e. g. risk for future problems higher for those with schizophrenia than those with moderate depression, selection of appropriate psychological tests and measurements. Diagnosis identification of illness: look at process of developmental stages. E. g. did individual walk or speak at proper age: speak to family, friends, other important figures. Outcome evaluation: wide range of outcomes treatment needs to be long-term, you"ll be fine in a month . Screening tools: note: look at chart with sensitivity/false negative/false positive/specificity. Epilepsy vs. schizophrenia: epilepsy can cause certain types of psychosis, people with mild epilepsy can be misdiagnosed as schizophrenic. Medication reaction vs. depression: if side effects of medication are not known, temporary depression (as side effect) can be misdiagnosed as clinical depression.