Psychology 2030A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Comprehensive School, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Dsm-5

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

Document Summary

Gathering information about a person and his/her environment to make decisions about the nature, status, and treatment of psychological problems. Begins with a set of referral question that determine goals of assessment. ->choose the ones that answers the referral questions (tests and measurements) Differential diagnosis is a process in which a clinician weighs how likely it is that a person has a diagnosis instead of another. Tailoring an assessment to types of symptoms, age, and medical status. ->up to a certain age but after it become pathological. ->what to take into account from the referral. Screening (identify psychological problems or predict the risk for future problems) ->come up with a conclusion (from our knowledge) Treatments plan (individual"s plan of care to meet mental health needs) ->what do i think that this patient will be like n time from now. Figure 3. 1 evaluating a screening tool for depression (in textbook) ->patient must understand what you are asking before giving the test.