Exam 2: Assessment, classification, and Treatment of Abnormal Behaviour

Describe what is meant by a clinical interview,identifying the topics typically covered during an intake interview,and contrasting structured with unstructured interviews.

The most widely used multidimensional self-report inventory is the ________.

People used to be psychiatrically committed without any clear evidence that they posed a danger to themselves or others.

The most appropriate test of the validity of a diagnostic system is its correspondence with behavioural observations.

Nardil and Parnate are types of ________.

A weakness of the MMPI is that it has no validity scales.

Cognitive assessment techniques are used most frequently by Gestalt therapists.

Melissa seeks out a therapist to help her overcome her severe depression.Her therapist tells her that her depression stems from her irrational beliefs about herself and what she must accomplish in life to be loved and accepted by others.Her therapist actively disputes these beliefs and helps her develop more adaptive beliefs.Melissa's therapist is most like ________.

Since the proclamation of the 1982 Canadian ______________,there has been increasing recognition across the provinces and territories of the right for competent,involuntary patients to refuse treatment.

Despite the lack of direct supportive evidence,the appeal of projective tests among clinicians remains high.

The DSM-5 is reorganized according to __________.

The major advantage of the DSM system is ________.

Self-report personality inventories are also called ________.

Because the PAI is so much more extensive than the MMPI,it takes considerably longer to complete.

Practitioners of psychoanalysis view psychological problems as ________.

Clinicians tend to overpredict the dangerousness of their clients.

If various diagnosticians using a diagnostic system arrive at the same diagnosis when they evaluate the same cases,the diagnostic system may be considered to be ________.

The Rorschach test consists of ________ inkblots.

In psychoanalytic therapy,it generally takes ________ for a transference relationship to develop and be resolved.

The publication date of the __________ edition of the DSM is 2013.