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Abnormal Psychology

Chapter 3 of Abnormal Psychology focuses on the assessment of psychological symptoms and problems. Clinicians utilize a variety of procedures, including psychological tests, observations, and interviews, to create a comprehensive summary of a client's issues. The chapter explores different assessment types, such as neurological, neuropsychological, and psychosocial methods. It also examines various treatment approaches, including biologically based interventions like ECT and pharmacological therapies, as well as psychologically based techniques such as psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and cognitive therapies, highlighting the effectiveness and challenges of each.

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Abnormal Psychology

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  1. Abnormal Psychology Chapter 3 Assessment

  2. Assessment • A procedure by which the clinician, using psychological tests, observations and/or interviews, develops a summary of the ct’s symptoms and problems in an attempt to its nature and extent. • History • Current Situation • Predict

  3. Assessment Types • Neurological • Neuropsychological • Halstead Reitan, Luria - Nebraska • Psychosocial Direct Methods • Assessment Interviews • Clinical Observation • Psychosocial Indirect Methods • IQ Tests – WISC, WAIS • Projective Personality Tests - Rorschach • Objective Personality Tests – MMPI - II

  4. Treatments • Biologically Based • ECT • Neurosurgery • Permissive Indulgent • Frontal Lobotomy (1935 – 1955) • Pharmacological Treatments • Psychologically Based

  5. Psychologically Based • Psychoanalysis • Free association • Dreams • Transference (counter) • Behaviorism • Token Economy/ Contracting • Aversion Therapy • Cognitive and Cognitive-Behavioral • Prejudice and discrimination

  6. Success In Therapy Quantitative v. Qualitative Without Therapy? Harmful?

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