PSYB32H3 Study Guide - Heart Rate, Autonomic Nervous System, Photon
Document Summary
Psychological assessment designed to determine cognitive, emotional, personality, behavioural factors in psychopathological functioning. Find only the information for which they are looking: clinicians recognize importance of establishing rapport with client. Reliability/validity low for a single clinical interview conducted as unstructured. Investigators developed structured interviews - structural clinical diagnosis (scid) for axis i of dsm-iv, assists researchers/clinicians in making diagnostic decisions. Branching interview, client"s response to one question determines next question asked. Structured interview - questions are set out in a prescribed fashion for interviewer. Developed for diagnosing personality disorders and some specific disorders - anxiety disorder. Rogers argued that structured clinical interviews are essential in order to improve validity of diagnoses. Analyzed which clinical interview is best to use in particular assessment situations depending on primary goal. Recommended scid for clinician pressed for times/wishes to evaluate existence of selected axis i disorders. Many structural clinical interviews are available, should have high clinical utility across assessment situation.
