Mental Health Assessment Final Exam
Course Introduction
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the principles and techniques involved in the assessment of mental health across the lifespan. Students will learn to conduct thorough clinical interviews, administer standardized assessment tools, and interpret findings while considering cultural, ethical, and legal factors. The course emphasizes the development of clinical judgment in identifying a wide range of mental health disorders, risk factors, and protective factors. Practical case studies and simulated assessments are used to enhance diagnostic skills and to prepare students to create tailored intervention plans based on assessment outcomes.
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Introduction to Clinical Psychology 3rd Canadian Edition by John Hunsley
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Chapter 1: The Evolution of Clinical Psychology
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Q1) Binet and Simon gathered normative data on children to establish
A)probability of future criminal behaviour.
B)information on their cognitive abilities.
C)norms in social skills and aggression.
D)differences in personality characteristics between adults and children.
Answer: B
Q2) The history of ______ efforts is much shorter than the history of ______or ______.
A)prevention; assessment,intervention
B)assessment; prevention,intervention
C)intervention; consultation,prevention
D)assessment; consultation,intervention
Answer: A
Q3) As a result of the Enlightenment in Europe and North America,
A)Philippe Pinel demanded humane treatment of asylum patients.
B)William Tuke advocated for the development of mental hospitals.
C)Benjamin Rush promoted the use of moral therapy.
D)All of the above
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Contemporary Clinical Psychology
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Q1) Which type of prevention involves efforts to reduce overall disability resulting from a mental disorder?
A)Elementary
B)Primary
C)Secondary
D)Tertiary
Answer: D
Q2) Survey data from Ontario indicate that,of individuals who seek health care services for mental health reasons,
A)10% are seen by psychologists.
B)25% are seen by psychologists.
C)half are seen by psychologists.
D)over 75% are seen by psychologists.
Answer: A
Q3) The prevention of a disease or disorder before it actually occurs is known as:
A)elementary prevention.
B)primary prevention.
C)secondary prevention.
D)tertiary preventions.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Classification and Diagnosis
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Q1) Which of the following is known as 'a family of empirically derived assessment tools to measure competence and problems internalizing and externalizing)across the lifespan?'
A)Miller's Assessment Tool Kit.
B)Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment.
C)Schwartz Assessment Battery.
D)Weisner System of Clinical Diagnosis.
Answer: B
Q2) A first-time father is reporting a great deal of anxiety surrounding his new role as a parent.A psychologist using a developmental psychopathology approach would first:
A)ask about the client's past history with symptoms of mental illness.
B)utilize a dimensional approach to diagnosing anxiety.
C)investigate how much the anxiety interferes with transitioning into this new role.
D)recommend that the new father enrol in parent training to help reduce his anxiety. Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
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Q1) A logical error assuming that the most valid conclusion to reach is a compromise between two competing positions is a common error in thinking referred to as:
A)false dilemma.
B)faulty reasoning.
C)golden mean fallacy.
D)straw person argument.
Q2) A form of argument that is inaccurate or misleading in some way is a common error in thinking referred to as:
A)an appeal to ignorance.
B)faulty reasoning.
C)affirming the consequent.
D)the golden mean fallacy.
Q3) Which of the following is a common threat to the internal validity of a study?
A)Reactivity of assessment.
B)Timing of measurement.
C)Sample characteristics.
D)Statistical regression.
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Chapter 5: Assessment: Overview
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Q1) Sensitivity refers to the relative proportion of _________ identified by the assessment.
A)true positives
B)true negatives
C)false positives
D)false negatives
Q2) Compared with ____i)____,____ii)____ are far less likely to be standardized,to have norms,or to possess acceptable levels of reliability and validity.
A)i)intelligence tests/personality inventories/behaviour rating scales; ii)projective tests
B)i)projective tests; ii)intelligence tests/personality inventories/behaviour rating scales
C)i)intelligence tests and behaviour rating scales; ii)personality inventories and projective tests
D)i)personality inventories and projective tests; ii)intelligence tests and behaviour rating scales
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Chapter 6: Assessment: Interviewing and Observation
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Q1) In conducting clinical assessment interviews with children,psychologists now recognize that children
A)can provide important and reliable information.
B)are less reliable than adults in their reporting.
C)should only be interviewed if the information cannot be obtained from other sources.
D)can easily complete scaled-down versions of interviews developed for adults.
Q2) Compared to the general population,older adults are more likely to face issues around which of the following?
A)Loss of autonomy.
B)Schizophrenia.
C)Anxiety.
D)Personality disorders.
Q3) Treatment goals should:
A)be important to the client.
B)be phrased in terms of feelings,thoughts and behaviours to be reduced.
C)be substantial and long-term.
D)be expressed in vague terms so that they can easily be adapted.
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Chapter 7: Assessment: Intellectual and Cognitive Measures
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Q1) Information processing models focus on how people
A)interact with each other.
B)perform during testing.
C)solve problems.
D)both A and C.
Q2) On average,IQ levels in developed countries have
A)been decreasing over the past 40 years.
B)been increasing over the past 40 years.
C)remained constant over the past 40 years.
D)increased,but only in girls.
Q3) Which methods)is/are used by psychologists to help estimate premorbid IQ?
A)Consulting a client's achievement records.
B)Testing with measures of ability that are less sensitive to decline.
C)Examining subtests that are least affected by neurological impairment.
D)All of the above.
Q4) The main interrelated elements in Sternberg's 1985)triarchic theory are
A)componential,contextual,developmental.
B)compositional,contextual,experiential.
C)componential,contextual,experiential.
D)compositional,contextual,developmental.
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Chapter 8: Assessment: Self-Report and Projective Measures
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Q1) When conducting an assessment with a client from an ethnic minority background for whom no culturally validated measures are available,the psychologist should:
A)avoid using scores,or indicate that the scores may not provide an optimal assessment of the client's functioning.
B)indicate in the assessment report that accuracy and validity of results may be less than ideal.
C)use the test only to aid in generating hypotheses about the client's functioning. D)all of the above.
Q2) Most personality inventories include validity scales to
A)ensure that that the inventory is testing the construct it was designed to test.
B)ensure that the inventory is internally consistent.
C)ensure that the inventory is psychometrically sound.
D)detect whether a person is purposely presenting themselves in a positive or negative way.
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Chapter 9: Assessment Integration and Clinical Decision-Making
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Q1) A psychologist should understand the impact of diagnostic status on global psychosocial functioning for a client because ________________ an individual who receives one or more diagnoses will not be able to function across many life domains.
A)in nearly every case
B)in the majority of cases
C)it does not necessarily mean that
D)in very few cases
Q2) In preparing a treatment plan,a psychologist must consider the A)reason for referral and problem identification.
B)aims and goals of treatment.
C)strategies for the planned treatment.
D)all of the above.
Q3) The Cognitive-Behavioural Case Formulation approach,developed by Jacqueline Persons,emphasizes the importance in identifying a patient's ___________ in the conceptualization of a case.
A) overt problems and long-standing beliefs or schemas
B)overt problems much more so than long-standing beliefs
C)overt problems much less so than long-standing beliefs
D)long-standing beliefs or schemas exclusively
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Chapter 10: Prevention
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Q1) What type of preventive intervention targets people who do not necessarily meet the criteria for a disorder,but have elevated risk or show subclinical signs of the disorder?
A)Specialized
B)Selective
C)Pre-emptive
D)Indicated
Q2) Meta-analytic research examining depression prevention programs across the life-span indicate that preventive interventions reduce the incidence of depressive disorders by
A)less than 5%.
B)almost a quarter.
C)half.
D)75%.
Q3) The long-term effects of home-visiting programs,where nurses visit at-risk parents,include
A)improving parental care.
B)reducing child abuse and neglect.
C)reducing the number of arrests of the children when they reached adolescence.
D)all of the above.
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Chapter 11: Intervention: Overview
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Q1) A study by Dishion,McCord and Poulin 1999)found that youth with significant problem behaviours who received a peer-group intervention
A)did better than youth who did not receive the group treatment.
B)fared worse than youth who did not receive the group treatment.
C)performed the same as youth who did not receive the group treatment.
D)were unlikely to complete the group treatment.
Q2) Across different types of short term psychodynamic psychotherapies,therapy involves:
A)helping the client to understand phases of psychological development.
B)making unconscious processes conscious.
C)re-enacting in the relationship with the therapist issues that have troubled the client in the past.
D)all of the above.
Q3) Psychotherapy clients are most likely to
A)be male.
B)be female.
C)have a lower income.
D)be older adults.
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Chapter 12: Intervention: Adults and Couples
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Q1) Emotionally-focused therapy is an intervention method used primarily for A)parent-child relationship problems.
B)couples experiencing relationship problems.
C)any type of relationship problems.
D)behavioural problems in youth.
Q2) Emotionally-focused therapy for couples is a A)cognitive-behavioural treatment.
B)interpersonal treatment.
C)psychodynamic treatment.
D)process-experiential treatment.
Q3) Efficacious treatments are treatments that have been demonstrated within A)a clinical setting.
B)a controlled research study.
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
Q4) In the final stage of CBT the psychologist focuses on:
A)challenging long-standing beliefs.
B)challenging negative automatic thoughts.
C)adopting a more positive activity schedule.
D)predicting future challenges.
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Chapter 13: Intervention: Children and Adolescents
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Q1) Psychotherapy researchers in various countries have developed psychosocial interventions that effectively help children and youth living with A)autism.
B)depression and anxiety.
C)ADHD and disr.
D)all of the above.
Q2) When a parent unintentionally rewards the child for inappropriate behaviour and the child rewards the parent for giving in to inappropriate behaviour,this is referred to as an) A)inappropriate exchange.
B)accidental reinforcement.
C)negative exchange.
D)coercive exchange.
Q3) Which of the following is most accurate regarding the progression of Oppositional Defiant Disorder ODD)and Conduct Disorder CD)?
A)ODD often precedes CD.
B)CD often precedes ODD.
C)ODD and CD generally are not typically related.
D)ODD rarely progresses to CD.
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Chapter 14: Intervention: Identifying Key Elements of Change
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Q1) Aspects of the therapeutic relationship that research has found to be associated with successful treatment are known as
A)common factors of psychotherapy.
B)integrated treatment.
C)evidence-based psychotherapy relationships.
D)therapeutic alliance.
Q2) Research suggests that patient compliance in completing homework acts as a moderator of the relation between positive treatment expectations and A)therapist characteristics,such as empathy.
B)relapse prevention following termination of therapy.
C)initial improvement in functioning.
D)increased therapeutic alliance.
Q3) Focusing on enhancing patient self-awareness and understanding of their problems works best for patients who ________,whereas patients who ________ respond best to a focus on symptom alleviation.
A)are undercontrolled; are introspective
B)have an internalizing style; have an externalizing style
C)are extroverted; are introverted
D)have an externalizing style ; have an internalizing style
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Chapter 15: Health Psychology, clinical Neuropsychology, and Forensic Psychology
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Q1) A survey of rehabilitation programs within the American Hospital Association 2003)revealed that _________ programs incorporated neuropsychological testing for individuals who had been hospitalized for a stroke or brain injury.
A)no
B)few
C)most
D)all
Q2) Within a medical model,disability is considered a _________ requiring treatment to correct the problem,whereas within a social model,disability is viewed as a
A)characteristic of a person; function of both the physical and social environments
B)function of the social environment; characteristic of a person
C)function of the physical environment; a function of the way the person reacts to perceived limitations
D)characteristic of a person; impairment associated with physical health problems
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