Psychology 3301F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Clinical Formulation, Pharmacology, Pain Management
26 Apr 2018
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Chapter 15: clinical health, psych, clinical neuropsychology, and forensic psych. Clinical health psych: health is affected by indiv behaviours and habits (diet, sleep etc), and moods (angery, anxiety etc, link b/w exposure to psychosocial stress and health outcomes are established. Icf defines disability: impairment, activity limitation and participation restriction. Activities of clinical neuropsychologists: neuroanatomy: normal brain functioning, neuropathology: ways injuries and diseases affect the brain, pharmacology: ways environmental toxins, chemo, drugs affect brain functioning, clinical neuropsych. Work with clients across lifespan must be sensitive to issues in working with children and older adults. Purposes of neuropsych assessment: diagnosis, prognosis, treatment planning and rehabilitation, legal proceeding. Activities of forensic psych: most forensic psychologists have a doctorate in clinical psychology and field training in forensic psych. Assessment: psychopathy checklist-revised: most highly recommended tool for assessing risk of violence, meta-analytic review of 9 commonly used violence prediction tools found that the.
