Chapter 4

What is the preferred word many clinicians use?

Measures changes in local oxygenation flow to specific areas of brain tissue

The degree to which an assessment measure produces the same result each time 

Widely used and empirically validated personality scales

Reveals images of parts of the brain that might be diseased

What focuses inquiry and quantifies interview data?

How many questions are on the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI)

Structured assessments where questions/items are carefully phrased/have alternative responses

Major symptoms and behavior client is experiencing

Provides a realistic picture of an individual in interaction with his/her social environment

The extent to which a measuring instrument actually measures what it is supposed to measure

A graphical record of the brain's electrical activity

Objective method of rating clinical symptoms that provides scores on 18 variables

Which of these is a standardized set of questions/tests/assesments

Unstructured, rely on various ambiguous stimuli rather than on explicit verbal questions

Subjects are analyzed by objective procedures or formulas rather than by human judgements

Testing cognitive, perceptual, & motor performance as clues about brain damage

Disorder in which there is a loss of ability to communicate verbally

A standardized test should always be applied consistently and in the same manner

Which is a major international classification system?

Cultural Competence is important: Be prepared to say why or why not!

Process where clinician arrives at general summary classification of patient's symptoms

Procedure by which clinicians develop a summary of client's symptoms and problems

Which assumes that all human behavior can be divided into categories of healthy and disordered