09 Nov Clinical assessment
Completing a thorough Clinical Assessment is key within the world of psychology. This allows us to understand our clients current state of mind while obtaining a complete view of a clients psychological, biological and social factors. This information is utilized to assist with identifying a Diagnosis.
The following assessments are different examples of important tools that are utilized with a Clinical Assessments and diagnosing a client. For this discussion post, you will be asked to discuss each assessment tool below,
what they are specifically utilized for and how they may assist with diagnosing a client.
- Mental Status Exam
- Behavioral Assessment
- Observational Assessment
- Self-Monitoring
Book: Barlow, D., Durand, V.M., Hofmann, S. (2018). Essentials of Abnormal Psychology (8th ed.).
Cengage Learning.
