PSY 381 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Informed Consent, Dyskinesia, Involuntary Commitment

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Integrate information: clinical interview, physical exam, behavioral assessment, cognitive assessment, psychological testing, other. Clinical interview: mental status exam, semi structured interview, structured interview. Clinical interview- mental status exam: appearance and behavior: Are mood and affect congruent: intellectual/cognitive functioning. Clinical interview- semi-structured: a thorough interview of the main problem and all areas of potential contributing factors, demographics: Family history of suicidality: medical history. Look for impairmet: substance use history: Clinical interview- structured-structured: structured clinical interview for dsm disorders. Questions use a decision tree format to arrive at a diagnosis. Can be administered by a clinician or trained personnel. Scid-1 for all major diagnoses except personality disorders. Steve: racing hr, hyperventilating, nervousness, trembling/jittery, difficulty sleeping, weight loss, hair loss, fatigue. Steve: mental status, clinical interview, medical exam, rule-out hyperthyroidism. Light or absent menstrual periods: medical exam: Can also be a more specific-observational techniques. Standardize testing (assessment: important compliment to interviews, standardized averages and norms, standardized administration procedures.

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