chapter 4

Question 1

dimensions assessed by mental status exam

Answer 1

• appearance
• behaviour
• sensorium
• affect
• risk
• orientation
• thought content
• memory
• intelligence
• thought process
• insight
• judgement

Question 2

ABC chart

Answer 2

• Antecedent/ behaviour/ consequence
• helps clinician understand why a child behaves the way they do

Question 3

clinical vs actuarial prediction

Answer 3

clinical: relys on clinicians experience, judgement and intuition, draw data toegther in subjective manner
actuarial: stat procedures, empirical methods, formal rules, objective standards based on empirical data

Question 4

EEG

Answer 4

• electroencephalogram
• measures brain activity
• detects seizures, lesions and tumours

Question 5

CT scan

Answer 5

• x rays
• info on cerebral vasculature, ventricles, grey and white matter, thalamus, and basal ganglia
• can show changes (ex stem cell transplant)

Question 6

MRI and fMRI

Answer 6

• MRI: non invasive, shows small differences in water concentration helping to find mental disorders
• fMRI: schizophrenia and depression

Question 7

Neuropsychological assessment screening tools

Answer 7

• Bender Visual morot destalk test (Bender gestalt ll): drawings copied and recalled
• Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status Update (RBANS Update)
• Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
• Halsted-Reitan Neuropsychological test battery

Question 8

Clinical interview types

Answer 8

• unstructured (flexible)
• structured (prescribed wording)
• Semi-structured (flexible but follows outline)

Question 9

examples of projective tests

Answer 9

• rorschach inkblot test
• thematic apperception test (TAT): creating stories based on drawings

Question 10

MMPI

Answer 10

• Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
• objective test
• actuarially based scoring
• score higher than 50, more severe disorder
• detecting faking good and faking bad

Question 11

Objective personality assessments

Answer 11

• Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
• Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI)
• Personality assessment inventory (PAI)

Question 12

LEIDS

Answer 12

Leiden Index of Depression sensitivity

Question 13

ReCoRD

Answer 13

• Treatment effectiveness study: remote cognitive remediation for depression

Question 14

Gene environment correaltions

Answer 14

• Passive gene-environment correlation: bio parents contribute both genotype and early experiences
• evocative (reactive) gene environment correlation: heritable behaviours evoke environment responses
• active gene-environment correlation: genetically influences lead to select environments