PSYC 235 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Sensorium, Hyperthyroidism
29 Sep 2016
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Clinical assessment: the systematic evaluation and measurement and psychological, biological, and social factors. Consists of strategies and procedures to help clinicians gather information to better help and assess patients. Diagnosis: the process of determining whether the particular problem affecting the individual meets the criteria set forth by the dsm-5. Mental status exam: used in clinical interviews to organize information from the patient. It covers five categories: appearance and behaviour: general appearance, posture, and facial expressions, thought processes: listening to a patient can give you a good idea of their thought processes. Some to look out for include delusions of persecution: someone thinks people are after them all the time. Ideas of reference: everything everyone does relates back to them. Hallucinations: things a person sees or hears but aren"t really there: mood & affect: mood is the predominant feeling state of the individual and affect is the feeling state that accompanies what we say at any given time.
