Clients Psychological Evaluation.
“The goals of psychological assessment are to better understand a person’s strengths and weaknesses, identify potential problems with cognitions, emotional reactivity, and make recommendations for treatment/remediation”
“Traditionally, psychological assessment has been used to assist clinical psychologists and other behavioral health care clinicians in making important clinical decisions. The types of decision-making for which it has been used include those related to screening, treatment planning, and monitoring of treatment progress”
” Results of psychological evaluation and assessment show problems, capabilities, and individual traits. Assessments also help psychologists to design an effective treatment plan. Psychological diagnostic tests measure one or more specific characteristics — e.g., a memory test measures how a person memorizes particular information”
“The purpose of psychological testing is to create definitive diagnoses of psychiatric conditions and prescriptive protocols (recommendations) to help clients identify strengths and weaknesses (self-awareness), and become successful”
“Important principles of psychological measurement and assessment are covered, including: standardisation, norms, reliability, test development and validation. The practical program emphasises test development and test administration; scoring and interpretation; …”
“A psychological test is used to measure an individual’s different abilities, such as their aptitude in a particular field, cognitive functions like memory and spatial recognition, or even traits like introvertedness. These tests are based on scientifically tested psychological theories”
Application Of Standard Assessment Tools.
“Introduction. Assessment tools are standardised systems that help to identify and gauge the extent of specific conditions and provide a fair approach in response. They can be the means whereby individual and particular assessments contribute to the overall picture”
“Some standard formats for mental health assessments are:
Interviews.
Standardized tests.
Observations.
Questionnaires.
Rating scales.
Checklists”
“Some common screening instruments that can be used with older adults include: the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) short version, Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) short version, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), and the Michigan Alcohol Screening Test Short Form (Geriatric Version)(SMAST-G)”
“WHAT IS WHO-AIMS? The World Health Organization Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems (WHO-AIMS) is a new WHO tool for collecting essential information on the mental health system of a country or region”
“The AIMS test was originally developed for administration by trained clinicians. People who are not health care professionals, however, can also be taught to administer the test by completing a training seminar. The entire test can be completed in about 10 minutes”.
Psychological Testing provides rich information about current levels of functioning. An understanding of the problematic behaviors. Highlights areas in need of additional support. Client strengths to be incorporated into treatment.
“What are the three types of psychological tests?Individual and Group Tests.
Instrumental or Paper and Pencil Tests.
Achievement or Intelligence Tests.
Logical Psychological Interventions
“Psychological intervention is defined as a relationship aimed at promoting a better adaptation of the individual to a given situation and thereby optimizing his or her personal resources in relation to autonomy, self-knowledge and self-help”
“Most generally, it means any activities used to modify behavior, emotional state, or feelings. Psychological interventions have many different applications and the most common use is for the treatment of mental disorders, most commonly using psychotherapy”
“For psychology deals with acts of thinking as events in time and the causal relations between them ; logic deals with timeless propositions and their timeless logical relations”
“A positive psychology intervention (PPI) was defined in accordance with Sin and Lyubomirsky’s (2009) article as a psychological intervention (training, exercise, therapy) primarily aimed at raising positive feelings, positive cognitions or positive behavior as opposed to interventions aiming to reduce symptoms, “
“Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an effective form of psychological treatment that is practiced by many thousands of therapists worldwide. CBT theory suggests that our thoughts, emotions, body sensations, and behavior are all connected, and that what we think and do affects the way we feel”
“In order to help spread good therapy practice, this article lists popular therapy interventions, must-have skills, and techniques that you can use in your practice.
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Talk therapy seems to be shifting in all sorts of ways.
Dance/ Movement Therapy. …
Laughter Therapy. …
Drama Therapy. …
Hypnotherapy. …
Music Therapy.
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“Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an effective form of psychological treatment that is practiced by many thousands of therapists worldwide. CBT theory suggests that our thoughts, emotions, body sensations, and behavior are all connected, and that what we think and do affects the way we feel”
“An intervention usually includes the following steps:
Make a plan. A family member or friend proposes an intervention and forms a planning group. …
Gather information. …
Form the intervention team. …
Decide on specific consequences. …
Make notes on what to say. …
Hold the intervention meeting. …
Follow up.