PSYCH-230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sensorium, Face Validity, Mental Status Examination
28 Sep 2020
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Concepts related to the value of assessment. How well the assessment measures what it is supposed to. Validity is constrained by reliability, but not the other way around. Reliability and validity are enhanced by consistency of administration, scoring, and interpretation. Definition of the problem according to your culture. Starts to answer the question, but get off topic very easily and the final answer doesn"t relate to the question at all. Sensorium: oriented to person, place, and time. Project aspects of personality onto ambiguous stimuli. Future-oriented mood state: negative affect, somatic symptoms of tension. Abrupt activation of the sympathetic nervous system. Present-oriented mood state: marked negative affect. A behavioral call to action : fight or flight response. Pretty much the same as fear, but happens randomly. Like quitting a job b/c of anxiety (impairment) Abrupt experience of intense fear and discomfort. Biological mechanisms of anxiety, fear, and panic.
