PSY240H1 Lecture Notes - Unstructured Interview, Nurse Practitioner, Psychosis
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Abnormal psychology lecture 2: assessment- diagnosis- treatment, assessment is an ongoing process, diagonis is wrong frequently, diagnosis does not stop with treatment, assessment: three types 1. interview verbal interaction most common form of. If treatment is unsuccessful we go back to diagnosis assessment 2. Usually comes from a general practitioner nurse practitioner can give referrals trained as nurses can prescribed drugs trained in pharmacology. Physicians assistants can refer patients for formal psychological assessment assesment will provide assessor with orientation of major problems basic info will also b collected, includes identifying info: name, job status, male/female, medical status, symptoms, onset of disorder. Ppl r referred to ppl who are speacialized in assessing a specific psychopathology. 2 things a psychologist keep in mind 1. the psychologists r observing the beh at one point in time in one location. , when a psychologist first sees a patient, the patient feel anxiety, 1rst course of action is to decrease anxiety.
