PSY 325 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, American Psychiatric Association, World Health Organization
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Analyzing the data, drawing appropriate conclusion findings. Case formulation- is a theoretically based explanation or conceptualization of the information obtained from a clinical assessment. It offers a hypothesis about the cause and nature of the presenting problems and is considered an alternative approach to the more categorical approach of psychiatric diagnosis. Unstructured (not going in with set questions, more like a conversation), semi-structured, or structured (written down question) Recent precipitating events? (why did you decide to come now?) Thought content, mood, perception, judgment, attention, memory, orientation. May use mini mental state examination cognitive examination. Standardized so that the person"s responses can be compared to norms. Great normative data, do not take knowledge. Complex skillset -> in order to interpret their results. Assess general intelligence, which is the global capacity to solve problems, as well as specific abilities (e. g. , vocabulary, abstract reasoning, similarities, ) Neuropsychological cognitive, sensor, motor and conceptual, perceptual, brain abnormalities,
