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Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf | |
CLINICIAN'S THESAURUS, 7TH EDITION | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf | |
CLINICIAN'S THESAURUS 7th Edition The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports EDWARD L. ZUCKERMAN, P h D THE GUILFORD PRESS New York London | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
© 2010 Edward L. Zuckerman Published by The Guilford Press A Division of Guilford Publications, Inc. 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012www. guilford. com All rights reserved Except as noted, no part of this book may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, ... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
v About the Author Edward L. Zuckerman received his Ph D in clinical psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and continued there as an adjunct teacher of personality psychology and human sexuality for 14 years. He taught abnormal psychology at Carnegie Mellon University for 9 years and now consults to the Social ... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf | |
vii Contents Acknowledgments and an Invitation xvii Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus 1 What Is the Clinician's Thesaurus and What Does It Do?, 1 How This Book Is Organized, 2Understanding the Style and Format of the Chapters, 3A Functional Guide to Report Construction, 7Further Guidelines and Advice on Re... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
viii Contents 2. 18. Paired Proverbs, 38 2. 19. Practical Reasoning, 39 2. 20. Social Judgment, 39 2. 21. Decision Making, 40 2. 22. Self-Image, 40 2. 23. Insight into Disorder, 40 2. 24. Strengths and Coping, 41 2. 25. Mental Status Evaluation Checklist, 41 3. Questions about Signs, Symptoms, and Other Behavior Patter... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
Contents ix 5. Referral Reasons 92 5. 1. Statement of Referral Reason, 92 5. 2. Common Referral Reasons for Children at Home, 93 5. 3. Common Referral Reasons for Children at School, 93 5. 4. Common Referral Reasons for Children at Both Home and School, 95 6. Background Information and History 97 6. 1. History/Course ... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
x Contents 11. Cognition and Mental Status 146 11. 1. No Pathological Findings: Summary Statements, 146 11. 2. Arithmetic, 147 11. 3. Attention, 147 11. 4. Concentration/Task Persistence, 147 11. 5. Consciousness Levels, 148 11. 6. Decision Making, 148 11. 7. Dementia, 149 11. 8. Information, 149 11. 9. Insight, 150 11... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
Contents xi 12. 35. Sexual Impulsivity/“Addiction”/“Compulsion, ” 194 12. 36. Side Effects of Psychotropic Medications/Adverse Drug Reactions, 195 12. 37. Sleep Disturbances, 196 12. 38. Stalking, 198 12. 39. Substance Use, Abuse, and Dependence, 198 12. 40. Suicide, 202 12. 41. Violent Behaviors, 207 13. Personality ... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
xii Contents 16. Couple and Family Relationships 247 16. 1. Systemic Family Constructs, 247 16. 2. Assessment of Families at Intake, 248 16. 3. Family Interviewing Method, 249 16. 4. Child Rearing/Raising: Aspects, 250 16. 5. Couple Relationships: Aspects, 251 16. 6. Summary Statement, 251 17. Vocational/Academic Skill... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
Contents xiii 21. 11. “Organic” Cognitive Conditions, 289 21. 12. Substance-Related Disorders, 291 21. 13. Psychotic Disorders, 295 21. 14. Sleep Disorders, 296 21. 15. Somatoform Disorders, 298 21. 16. Psychological Factors Affecting a Medical Condition, 298 21. 17. Dissociative Disorders, 299 21. 18. Sexual Dysfunct... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
xiv Contents 27. 3. Antisocial Personality Disorder, 346 27. 4. Anxiety Disorders, 346 27. 5. Asperger Syndrome, 346 27. 6. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, 346 27. 7. Bipolar I Disorder, 346 27. 8. Body Dysmorphic Disorder, 346 27. 9. Borderline Personality Disorder, 347 27. 10. Dementia, 347 27. 11. Dissocia... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
Contents xv Feedback Solicitation Form 374 About the Clinician's Electronic Thesaurus, Version 7. 0 375 Additional Productivity Features, 375 Hardware Requirements, 376Software Requirements, 376 References 377 Index 387 | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
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xvii Acknowledgments and an Invitation I must first express my continuing appreciation to my editors at The Guilford Press, without whom this work would be much less clear, organized, and precise. I am very grateful for their expertise, experience, and enormous efforts. Anna Brackett's organizational skill, Marie Spra... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
xviii Acknowledgments and an Invitation the more than 60,000 reports from which I have culled the thousands of unduplicated wordings incorporated here. Although you are too numerous to credit individually, please accept my grati-tude and appreciation. While I have borrowed many of the words and phrases, I alone must as... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
CLINICIAN'S THESAURUS, 7TH EDITION | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf | |
1 Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus What Is the Clinician's Thesaurus and What Does It Do? This book is more than a giant collection of synonyms; it is a treasury of the terms, standard phras-ings, common concepts, and practical information clinicians use in their daily work. In breadth and in depth, this ... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
2 Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus Structure an interview or assessment to ensure that you have not missed any important aspect. Organize your thoughts when writing or dictating a report to ensure that you have addressed all the issues of relevance for that client. Access the knowledge base you have built ... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus 3 social/community functioning; couple and family relationships; vocational and academic performance; recreational functioning; and other dimensions clinicians are often asked to evaluate. Chapters 20-24 cover completing the report: summaries, diagnostic statements, recomm... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
4 Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus Figure 1 (see below) offers a quick visual guide to identifying these various types of information within the chapter format. It also illustrates many of the formats and typographic conventions described below. (Note that the figure represents a composite of several pages... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus 5 FIGURE 1. Reduced composite page illustrating various formats and typographic conventions. | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
6 Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus The word columns above are sequenced along a spectrum of degree of the trait—in this example, from “filthy” to “stylish. ” Each individual column contains one or more unordered alternative terms with slightly different shades of meaning. However, when a word is a stan-dar... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus 7 The descriptors above constitute a spectrum of terms relating to mania. The word “ w i t z e l-s u c h t ” is now considered an obsolete description, and so it appears in braces. (Small capital letters in this case indicate the word's non-English origin. ) Underlining an... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
8 Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus Keeping these two tasks in mind is essential to producing reports that communicate well and are useful. The next few pages move from looking at the most general to the most specific aspects of a report's narrative. You will see how the flow of information is organized to ... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus 9 TABLE 1. Generalized Format for an Evaluation Report Components of a report Chapters/sections of the Clinician's Thesaurus A. Introducing the report (old information) Preliminary information Chapter 4 Could include these:Headings and dates Section 4. 1 Sources of your in... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
10 Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus Who are you? When, where, and from whom did you get this information? Who is the client? How well does the client understand the interview process and outcomes? (See Chapter 1, especially Sec-tions 1. 3 and 1. 4, for assistance with explaining the purposes, consequences,... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus 11 EMOTIONAL/AFFECTIVE Sy MPTOMS AND DISORDERS (CHAPTER 10) What were the client's mood and affects? How did these change during the interview, in response to topics discussed or for other reasons? Did the client display or recount anger, anxiety/fear, depres-sion, mania, ... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
12 Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus RECREATIONAL FUNCTIONING (CHAPTER 18) How does this person spend his/her free time? What activities are engaged in, and at what level of performance or intensity? How satisfying are they? OTHER SPECIALIz ED EVALUATIONS (CHAPTER 19) You may be asked to evaluate the client... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus 13 kinds of treatment would best restore functioning? How motivated is the client for treatment? In general terms, what intensity of treatment, approaches, and methods would be best? (For creating a detailed treatment plan, again see Chapter 25. For a list of common psychi... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
14 Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus Current report models have shifted away from a focus on symptoms, maladjustments, and areas needing change; they now emphasize assessing strengths and coping mechanisms. Use headings and subheadings to help the reader follow your thinking and understand when you change l... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus 15 references. Instead, use the local language and then describe the program in general terms— for example, “TSI, a transitional community residential services provider” or “7 West, the alcohol detoxification ward. ” Where you are concerned about confidentiality and yet kn... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
16 Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus Telling the referrer what he/she already knows, or, conversely, failing to use referrer-provided information. Providing just pure data: findings without interpretations, judgments, or impressions. The presence of contradictions in the report. Reluctance to provide realis... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus 17 setting. You may find it practical to use the black thumb tabs on the edge of each page to access sections of the book more quickly. When you Teach As a teacher, you simply cannot offer your students more than a fraction of the behaviors a clinician must understand. Whe... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
18 Getting Oriented to the Clinician's Thesaurus student. The author and publisher shall not be liable in the event of incidental or consequential damages in connection with or arising out of any use by purchasers or users of the materials in this book. By employing this book, users signify their acceptance of the limi... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
Part I Conducting a Mental Health Evaluation Part I's Chapters: Page 1. Beginning and Ending the Interview 21 2. Mental Status Evaluation Questions/Tasks 26 3. Questions about Signs, Symptoms, 44 and Other Behavior Patterns | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
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21 1 Beginning and Ending the Interview 1. 1. Structuring the Interview There are dozens of specialized interview methods (see Hersen & Turner, 2003) and numerous structured interviews, which should be used to increase reliability and validity over more open-ended approaches. An excellent guide for a clinician seeking... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
22 CONDUCTING A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION BEGIN/ENDING INTERVIEWhearing- impaired people being misdiagnosed as mentally retarded or psychotic for any examiner to be complacent about this. 1 Assess and report, with your conclusions, the presence of any of the following: Visual impairment: Near-/farsightedness, astigmatis... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
1. Beginning and Ending the Interview 23BEGIN/ENDING INTERVIEW 1. 4. Obtaining Informed Consent See Section 4. 5, “Consent Statements. ” You must obtain fully informed, cognitively competent, and voluntary consent to the interview or evaluation. Explain the purposes of the interview. Attend to the client's and examine... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
24 CONDUCTING A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION BEGIN/ENDING INTERVIEW 1. 6. Eliciting the Chief Concern/Complaint/Issue See Section 6. 1 for more on addressing the Chief Concern. “Would you please tell me why you are here/came to see me/are being evaluated?” “What brings you to the hospital/the clinic/my office?”“What concer... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
1. Beginning and Ending the Interview 25BEGIN/ENDING INTERVIEW 1. 9. Ending the Interview It is best to develop a standard set of closing statements for your interview. These will ensure that potentially important information is not lost, that consistency across clients and occasions is main-tained for reliability and... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
262 Mental Status Evaluation Questions/Tasks The questions in this chapter are about cognitive functions. Questions about symptoms and abnor-mal behaviors are in Chapter 3. 2. 1. Introduction to the Mental Status Questions Over the years, clinicians have formulated questions for assessing mental status (especially cogn... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
2. Mental Status Evaluation Questions/Tasks 27MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONSquestions asked. The internal “norms” of experienced and well- trained professionals are the only basis for evaluating such responses. Although you will find guidance in almost any psychiatry text, the best books for learning to do MSEs are Trzepacz ... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
28 CONDUCTING A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONSLevel V Confused-nonagitated. Gross attention to environment. Highly distractible; requires continual redirection. Difficulty learning new tasks. Agitated by too much stimulation. May engage in social conversation, but with inappropriate verbalizations. Le... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
2. Mental Status Evaluation Questions/Tasks 29MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONShab/goat. htm) has been widely used. However, for those whose difficulties have other causes, the 10-item Orientation Log may be more appropriate (see tbims. org/combi/olog). To Person “Who are you?” “What is your name?” [Pay attention to nicknames, ... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
30 CONDUCTING A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONS“What is my name?” “What is my title/job?”“When was the last time we met?”“What are the names of some staff members?” [Ask about their titles, functions, etc., as well. ] “What are the names of some other persons here/patients?” 2. 6. Attention (↔ by degre... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
2. Mental Status Evaluation Questions/Tasks 31MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONS2. 8. Comprehension of Language Receptive Receptive language abilities can be assessed by the responses to simple questions such as “Is my aunt's brother a man or a woman?” or “The lion killed the tiger. Which one is dead?” Next in com-plexity are th... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
32 CONDUCTING A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONS2. 10. Memory See Section 11. 12, “Memory,” for descriptors. If possible, it is probably best to use the Wechsler Memory Scale—IV (Wechsler, 2009) or a similar validated test for accurate and precise evaluation. Introductory Questions “Has your memory been... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
2. Mental Status Evaluation Questions/Tasks 33MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONSof interspersed activities. The score is the number recalled out of three without and then with prompting. Offer four items from four categories (e. g., house, table, pencil, dictionary) and record the num-ber of trials taken to learn the list. Ask f... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
34 CONDUCTING A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONSActivities on holidays about a year ago or on other dates that stand out. Local historical events. Historical events: Attack on Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941); Sputnik (1957); first men on the moon (July 20, 1969); name of the U. S. president who resigned (Ni... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
2. Mental Status Evaluation Questions/Tasks 35MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONSFor a Child: “Who is Mickey Mouse/Mr. Rogers/Big Bird/Ronald Mc Donald/Barney/Harry Potter/Sponge-Bob?” “What are your teachers' names?” The names in several of these questions can of course be varied depending on a client's age, gen-der, place of re... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
36 CONDUCTING A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONS2. 13. Differences Use the format “What is the difference between a and a ?” or “In what ways are a and a different or not the same?” lie-mistake midget-child kite-airplane duck-pigeon orange-baseball water-land boy-girl hand-foot tongue-nose Ask: “Which o... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
2. Mental Status Evaluation Questions/Tasks 37MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONS“Bill's ears were so big he had to pull his sweaters on over his feet. ” “An airplane pilot ran out of gas halfway across the ocean, so to be safe, he turned around, flew back, and landed where he took off. ” “A man was in two auto accidents. The fir... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
38 CONDUCTING A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONS2. 17. Abstract Reasoning/Proverbs See Section 11. 17, “Reasoning/Abstract Thinking/Concept Formation,” for descriptors. Our interpretation of our clients' interpretation of proverbs should be circumspect and informed (see Gibbs & Beitel, 1995). The select... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
2. Mental Status Evaluation Questions/Tasks 39MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONS“Haste makes waste. ” and “Strike while the iron is hot”/ “Make hay while the sun shines. ” “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ”and “To each his own”/ “Different strokes for dif-ferent folks. ” 2. 19. Practical Reasoning General Ques... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
40 CONDUCTING A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONS“Why do people feel so strongly about the subject of abortion?” “What do you think are the major differences between the Republican and Democratic par-ties?” For a Child: “If you could be any animal, which would you choose and why?” “If you could have anyt... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
2. Mental Status Evaluation Questions/Tasks 41MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONS“What is your diagnosis?” “What does that mean?” “Did you ever have a nervous breakdown/bad nerves/something wrong with your mind?” “Do you think you need treatment?” “Why did/do you need to take medicines?” “What role or part do you think/believe yo... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
42[Use the top of this page for your letterhead. ] Mental Status Evaluation Checklist Directions: Rate current observed performance, not reported, historical, or projected. Circle the most appropriate descriptive terms in part C, and feel free to write in others. If an aspect of mental status was not assessed, cross ou... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
43 Mental Status Evaluation Checklist (p. 2 of 2) 3. Relating Eye contact Normal Fleeting Avoided None Staring Facial expression Responsive Constricted Tense Anxious Sad Depressed Angry Attitude toward examiner Cooperative Dependent Dramatic Passive Uninterested Silly Resistant Critical Hostile Sarcastic Irritable Thr... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
443 Questions about Signs, Symptoms, and Other Behavior Patterns Questions here do not address cognitive functioning or mental status; those are covered in Chapter 2, “Mental Status Evaluation Questions/Tasks. ” For interviewing and evaluating couples or fami-lies, see Chapter 16, “Couple and Family Relationships. ” 3.... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
3. Symptom Questions 45Sy MPTOM QUESTIONSThe questions about nonsexual and sexual abuse, substance use and abuse, suicide, and impulse control/violence are considered essential to the assessment of risk; ask them of every client you interview. 3. 2. Abuse (Nonsexual)/Neglect of Spouse/Elder See also Sections 3. 17, “I... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
46 CONDUCTING A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION Sy MPTOM QUESTIONSA simple mnemonic for domestic abuse questions is Sherin et al. 's (1998): HITS: Hurt? I nsulted? Threatened with harm? Screamed at? 3. 3. Abuse (Nonsexual)/Neglect of Child See also Section 3. 2, above, and Section 3. 4, “Abuse (Sexual) of Child or Adult,” bel... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
3. Symptom Questions 47Sy MPTOM QUESTIONSFor an Adult: “Have you ever been forced into sexual acts as a child or adult?” “Has any partner ever insisted on sex when you didn't want to?”“Was your first experience with sex by choice, or were you forced?” Sexual Victimization “Did anyone ever touch you sexually when you d... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
48 CONDUCTING A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION Sy MPTOM QUESTIONSAnorexia Nervosa See Section 3. 13, “Eating Disorders. ” 3. 6. Anxiety See Section 10. 3, “Anxiety/Fear,” for descriptors; see Section 29. 2, “Anxiety,” for possible medical causes. For social anxiety/social phobia, see Section 3. 23, “Phobias. ” “Is there some... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
3. Symptom Questions 49Sy MPTOM QUESTIONS“What medications do you take every day? What medications should you be taking?” “What problems have you had in getting treatment/finding an understanding doctor/taking the medicine as it was prescribed/keeping scheduled medical appointments?” “Have you ever stopped taking medi... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
50 CONDUCTING A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION Sy MPTOM QUESTIONSClient Awareness of Excess/Irrationality “Do you feel uncomfortable until these actions are done, even though you may know that they are unimportant/unnecessary/ineffective?” “Do these actions seem reasonable to you or more than you should be doing? Do you spen... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
3. Symptom Questions 51Sy MPTOM QUESTIONS“Do you think that things outside no longer exist?” “Do you suspect that nothing is real?”“Do you still have all the parts of your body?” Persecution See Section 3. 22, “Paranoia. ” Reference “Do people do things/do things happen that only you really understand/have special mea... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
52 CONDUCTING A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION Sy MPTOM QUESTIONSSomatic/Vegetative Symptoms “Has your health changed recently?” “Has your appetite or eating habits or your interest in food changed recently?”“How is your sleep?” (If a client replies with anything but “Fine” or “No problem” ask:) “On how many nights in a week... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
3. Symptom Questions 53Sy MPTOM QUESTIONSAnhedonia “What do you do to enjoy yourself/have a good time/for fun?” “Has your interest in this/these things changed?” Assessment Scales A great deal of information about psychological tests is available online at no cost. A prime resource is the website generously maintained... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
54 CONDUCTING A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION Sy MPTOM QUESTIONS“Are you always certain who you are?” “Did you ever feel detached/divorced from yourself?”“Did you ever act in so strange a way you considered the possibility that you might be two dif-ferent people?” “Did you ever feel that you have lost your identity/like you... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
3. Symptom Questions 55Sy MPTOM QUESTIONS“Do you have 'food binges' where you eat a large amount of food in a short time period?” “If you have binged, was it on high-calorie foods such as sweets, desserts, or salty or fatty foods?” “Have you stopped a binge by vomiting, purging, or sleeping, or because of pain?” A Bri... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
56 CONDUCTING A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION Sy MPTOM QUESTIONS3. 14. Gay and Lesbian Identity Formation See also Section 19. 5, “Homosexual Identity: Stages of Formation,” and the “Sexual Adjustment” heading under Section 6. 4, “Adjustment History. ” Homosexuality is of course not pathological, but the strong social press... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
3. Symptom Questions 57Sy MPTOM QUESTIONSGeneral Questions “Do you have a vivid imagination?” “Do you dream so vividly that you aren't sure it was a dream?”“Did you ever think/act in really strange/odd/peculiar ways?”“Have you had any uncanny/eerie/bizarre/unexplainable experiences?”“Has your mind ever played tricks o... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
58 CONDUCTING A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION Sy MPTOM QUESTIONSHomosexual Identity Development See Section 3. 14, “Gay and Lesbian Identity,” and Section 19. 5, “Homosexual Identity: Stages of Formation. ” 3. 16. Illusions See also the “Derealization”? heading under Section 3. 12, “Dissociative Experiences”; see Section 12... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
3. Symptom Questions 59Sy MPTOM QUESTIONSwere too full of energy?” talked too much and couldn't stop?”phoned or visited too much?”planned or started many things and couldn't finish any of them?”did without sleep for a day or two?”seemed to be oversexed?”were overworked/held several jobs at the same time?”spent money r... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
60 CONDUCTING A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION Sy MPTOM QUESTIONSClient Awareness of Excess/Irrationality “Do you think about these things more than you should/would like to/more than a sensible number of times a day? Do they take up a long time each day?” “How does thinking these things affect your life/routines/job/relatio... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
3. Symptom Questions 61Sy MPTOM QUESTIONSA good list is available at www. painassessmentresources. com/resources/index/html and then click on “Notes on psychological assessment tools. ” “Do you frequently have pain somewhere in your body?” (If so:) “Where?” “Has the pain affected your sleep?” (If so:) “How?”“Has the p... | Edward L. Zuckerman PhD - Clinicians Thesaurus 7th Edition_ The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports The Clinicians Toolbox 2010.pdf |
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