Mental Health Assessment
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Course Introduction
Mental Health Assessment provides students with the foundational skills necessary to evaluate psychological well-being across diverse populations. Emphasizing a holistic and evidence-based approach, this course covers the principles and techniques for conducting clinical interviews, utilizing standardized assessment tools, and interpreting diagnostic criteria. Students will learn to recognize symptoms of various mental health conditions, assess risk factors, and consider cultural, ethical, and legal issues in assessment. Through case studies and practical exercises, students gain confidence in formulating assessments that inform intervention and treatment planning within mental health care settings.
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Introduction to Clinical Psychology 4th Edition by John Hunsley
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Chapter 1: The Evolution of Clinical Psychology
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Q1) Evidence-based practice refers to the practitioner only offering services that:
A) have been demonstrated in a series of RCTs to be efficacious.
B) are listed in clinical practice guidelines.
C) are in areas in which the clinician has received training and demonstrated competence.
D) are based on the synthesis of research evidence, client's history and treatment preferences, and the clinician's experience.
Answer: D
Q2) In the 1960s and 1970s,there was a marked ______ in the number of psychotherapies available,and an_______ in research concerning psychotherapy. A) decrease; decrease B) decrease; increase C) increase; increase D) increase; decrease
Answer: C
Q3) Define the term syndrome.
Answer: Suggested answer:
a)Syndrome - a group of mental disorder symptoms that frequently co-occur.
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Chapter 2: Contemporary Clinical Psychology
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Q1) The Canadian Code of Ethics functions primarily as a(n)
A) absolute standards model.
B) prescriptive standards model.
C) decision-making model.
D) All of the above.
Answer: C
Q2) Surveys of clinical psychologists in Canada by Hunsley,Ronson and Cohen (2013)and in the USA by Norcross and Karpiak (2012)revealed that:
A) the majority of psychologists specialize in one major professional activity.
B) almost half of them report devoting time to research, but it is a small proportion of their professional time.
C) the majority of clinical psychologists spend at least part of their work week teaching.
D) clinical supervision is undervalued by clinical psychologists.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Classification and Diagnosis
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Q1) The extent of comorbidity in clinical populations is
A) non-existent.
B) limited.
C) unknown.
D) substantial.
Answer: D
Q2) A psychologist who examines ways that an adult's depression symptoms interfere with the adult transitioning from living on his/her own to an assisted living facility is using a:
A) social work approach.
B) developmental psychopathology approach.
C) gerontological approach.
D) categorical approach.
Answer: B
Q3) Classification __________ refers to the usefulness of a classification scheme.
A) utility
B) reliability
C) validity
D) applicability
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
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Q1) Clinical significance refers to whether
A) the intervention has made a meaningful impact on treated participants.
B) there is a statistically significant difference between treated and untreated participants.
C) the study used participants who were diagnosed by a healthcare professional.
D) improvement was rated by a trained clinician.
Q2) Structural equation modeling (SEM)is used to
A) test all components of a theoretical model within a given data set.
B) unequivocally demonstrate that the hypothesized model is true.
C) use a relatively small sample, which is easier to obtain.
D) all of the above.
Q3) Measurement unreliability,participant heterogeneity,and low statistical power are all threats to
A) internal reliability.
B) statistical conclusion validity.
C) Incremental validity.
D) inter-rater reliability.
Q4) What is meta-analysis,and name one advantage of this procedure.
Q5) What is a randomized controlled trial?
Q6) List and provide examples of three sources of research ideas.
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Chapter 5: Assessment: Overview
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Q1) To be most useful,treatment planning should
A) focus only on short-term goals of treatment.
B) focus on intermediate goals of treatment.
C) focus on ultimate goals of treatment.
D) focus on both the intermediate and the ultimate goals of treatment.
Q2) Evidence-based assessment uses research and theory to guide the manner in which the
A) assessment process unfolds.
B) treatment unfolds.
C) treatments are provided.
D) none of the above.
Q3) Which of the following is the BEST example of a psychological assessment as a stand-alone service?
A) An intervention-focused evaluation.
B) A child custody evaluation.
C) A pre-treatment evaluation.
D) A treatment monitoring evaluation.
Q4) Describe two of the types of decisions test developers must make when selecting their sample to establish norms for their tests?
Q5) What is the difference between treatment monitoring and treatment evaluation?
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Chapter 6: Assessment: Interviewing and Observation
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Q1) Self-monitoring data can sometimes be inaccurate because the client may
A) not have fully understood the instructions or purpose.
B) wish to hide undesirable thoughts or behaviours.
C) may fail to record information at the appropriate time.
D) all of the above.
Q2) List one reason why direct observation of a client may be desirable to a psychologist who is conducting an assessment.List one potential drawback or complication to direct observation as part of an assessment.
Q3) A psychologist cannot maintain confidentiality when
A) s/he suspects a child is in need of protection.
B) s/he suspects an older adult living alone is being exploited financially.
C) a lawyer asks to see the psychologist's file.
D) all of the above.
Q4) List two potential issues for psychologists to be mindful of when they are assessing or treating specifically older adults.
Q5) Why do clinical interviewers need to be especially sensitive when they are questioning and interpreting responses of clients who have been exposed to violence? Describe two reasons.
Q6) List two potential considerations when interviewing children and/or adolescents.
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Chapter 7: Assessment: Intellectual and Cognitive Measures
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Q1) The Kaufman tests of intellectual ability focus more on
A) specific content areas that measure intellectual functioning.
B) general content areas that measure intellectual functioning.
C) process-based styles of learning.
D) none of the above.
Q2) MENSA is an organization that requires members to have an IQ in the __________ of the population.
A) top 10%
B) top 5%
C) top 2%
D) top 1%
Q3) List two limitations of the Wechsler scales.
Q4) Which of the following is not one of the three dominant theoretical models regarding intelligence?
A) Factor models.
B) Correlational models.
C) Hierarchical models.
D) Information processing models.
Q5) What is premorbid IQ?
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Q6) How do Alfred Binet and David Wechsler's definitions of intelligence contrast?
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Chapter 8: Assessment: Self-Report and Projective Measures
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Q1) Concerns about the need to use measures that are inexpensive,not too time-consuming,and with direct and immediate relevance to treatment planning and monitoring have led to the increased use of:
A) projective tests.
B) behaviour and symptom checklists.
C) objective personality tests.
D) structured clinical interviews.
Q2) The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV has the following limitation to its validity:
A) the normative sample was smaller than usual.
B) partly due to item overlap, the scale has a tendency to overpathologize individuals.
C) there is insufficient item overlap between scales to account for symptoms that appear in more than one disorder.
D) partly due to item overlap, the scale has a tendency to underestimate rates of pathology.
Q3) Explain the three main types of self-presentation biases that validity scales of the major personality inventories attempt to investigate.
Q4) Name two benefits of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI).
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Chapter 9: Assessment Integration and Clinical Decision-Making
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Q1) Why is it important for psychologists to be aware that data from multiple self-report tests and interviews are not independent sources?
Q2) Changes in ethical codes and legislation since the 1970s have ______________ for clients to receive feedback regarding their assessment.
A)made it more difficult.
B)made it easier.
C)not influenced how difficult it is.
D)none of the above.
Q3) Computer-based interpretations are
A)minimally helpful as they are based on group data,and no part should be used in a report.
B)possibly helpful,but no part should ever be used in a report.
C)possibly helpful,but psychologists need to select narrative statements that accurately describe their client.
D)usually very helpful to aid psychologists' understanding of their clients,and can be appended to a psychological report.
Q4) Describe four precautions that clinicians can take to improve the accuracy of their clinical judgement.
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Chapter 10: Prevention
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Q1) The risk reduction model is an approach to prevention that
A)promotes resilience factors.
B)identifies and reduces risk factors.
C)relies heavily on research to guide preventions.
D)All of the above.
Q2) The risk reduction model
A)is an approach to prevention that increases risks and obstructs protective factors
B)is an approach to prevention that reduces risks and promotes protective factors.
C)is an approach to prevention that reduces risks and obstructs protective factors.
D)is an approach to prevention that increases risks and promotes protective factors.
Q3) Health promotion refers to programs that are designed to increase
A)an individual's awareness of factors that contribute to his/her physical health problems.
B)the integration of community-wide health-provider services.
C)activities that are beneficial to many aspects of physical health.
D)the impact of school-based education programs centring on health.
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Chapter 11: Intervention: Overview
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Psychodynamic theories assume that individuals are prone to conflicts between the A)ego and transference.
B)id and transference.
C)id and ego.
D)superego and countertransference.
Q3) Evidence-based practice requires that treatments be based on:
A)highly controlled,internally valid,replicated studies.
B)highly controlled studies in real world environments.
C)the best available evidence.
D)randomized controlled studies.
Q4) On what basis did Barlow (2004)suggest that the terms psychological treatments and psychotherapy be differentiated?
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Chapter 12: Intervention: Adults and Couples
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Q1) The component of CBT for PTSD in which a psychologist develops a hierarchy of feared stimuli with the patient and encourages the patient to intentionally expose himself or herself to increasingly fearful stimuli is known as
A)imaginal exposure.
B)emotional processing.
C)progressive fear desensitization.
D)in vivo exposure.
Q2) 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)relapse prevention.
Q3) Smith,Glass,and Miller (1980)compared the efficacy of various types of treatment and found that the treatments with the largest to smallest effect sizes were,respectively,
A)Psychodynamic,cognitive-behavioural,developmental,behavioural
B)Cognitive-Behavioural,humanistic,behavioral,psychodynamic
C)Psychodynamic,behavioural,cognitive-behavioural,psychodynamic
D)Cognitive-Behavioural,behavioural,psychodynamic,humanistic
Q4) In reference to psychotherapy research,what is an open trial?
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Chapter 13: Intervention: Children and Adolescents
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Q1) Multisystemic Therapy (MST)is an approach to treat delinquent adolescents by
A)combining CBT and family therapy.
B)challenging youth about the long term effects of their behaviour.
C)intervening in an integrated way in the multiple systems in which youth are involved.
D)demanding as much effort from youth as from parents.
Q2) A meta-analysis of 32 studies comparing evidence-based treatments to usual clinical care found that
A)evidence-based treatments consistently outperformed usual clinical care.
B)usual clinical care consistently outperformed evidence-based treatments.
C)there were no significant differences between these treatment modalities.
D)evidence-based treatments outperformed usually clinical care only for autism treatment.
Q3) There is evidence that if untreated,the problems associated with disruptive behaviour disorders in childhood
A)generally dissipate before adolescence.
B)persist into adolescence but generally fade by adulthood.
C)naturally fade in adolescence.
D)persist into adulthood.
Q4) What are the NICE guidelines for treatment of depression in youth?
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Chapter 14: Intervention: Identifying Key Elements of Change
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Q1) Which of the following therapeutic elements would be considered a common factor to several psychotherapeutic approaches?
A)Therapist disclosure.
B)Therapeutic alliance.
C)Corrective emotional experience.
D)Homework.
Q2) Psychological ___________ is the tendency to react against attempts to directly influence one's behaviour.
A)recoiling
B)reconsideration
C)oppositional defiance
D)reactance
Q3) Smith,Glass,and Miller (1980)conducted a meta-analysis of treatment outcome studies and found that ________________treatments had the largest effect sizes.
A)cognitive-behavioural
B)psychodynamic
C)humanistic
D)vocational counseling
Q4) Define "common factors" in psychotherapy:
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Chapter 15: Health Psychology, Clinical Neuropsychology, and Forensic Psychology
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Q1) CBT treatment for insomnia includes:
A)sleep hygiene,stimulus control,sleep restriction,cognitive restructuring.
B)sleep hygiene,behavioural activation,sleep restriction,cognitive restructuring.
C)behavioural activation,sleep hygiene,exposure,cognitive restructuring.
D)exposure,cognitive restructuring,stimulus control,sleep restriction.
Q2) The Psychopathy Checklist-Revised is ___________ assessing risk of violence.
A)as effective as projective measures in
B)one of many effective tools for
C)the most highly recommended tool for
D)the least highly recommended tool for
Q3) Treatment planning in rehabilitation based on the acronym SMART (Wilson,2008)establishes goals that are
A)specific,measurable,achievable,realistic and timely.
B)short,measurable,achievable,realistic and timely.
C)specific,measurable,active,reliable and timely.
D)short,measurable,active,reliable and timely.
Q4) Define the concept of quality-of-life,and explain why it is important to measure this (alongside measuring the extent of disability).
Q5) What is the difference between acute pain and chronic pain?
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