PSY-2212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Normal Distribution, Criterion Validity, Muteness
5 Nov 2017
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Screenings: quickly assess whether additional assessment is needed. Good screening tools are sensitive (accurately suggests dx) and specific (accurately suggest dx is absent) Structured clinical interview for the dsm (scid) screening module. Interview: conversational assessment; may be structured or unstructured. Personality: assess healthy & clinical concepts; may be projective (rorschach; Cognitive: iq (wais; stanford-binet) and memory test. Usually, within a category of disorders (e. g. , eating disorders) Eating disorders: p. 1 (16 scid eating disorders-adjustment-optional) Indicates 1) when clients are getting better, 2) when treatment is finished, or 3) when treatment needs to be modified. Clinical significance determines when improvement is meaningful. May assess life satisfaction, quality of life, or (more commonly) symptoms. For outcome evaluations to be successful, the same measures must be used consistently throughout treatment. The value of screens, assessments, and evaluations is in the strength of their psychometric properties. Standard ways of evaluating an assessment involve normative or self-referent data.
