Assessment and Treatment in Children and Adolescents Exam Questions and Answers
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What is assessment? - Answer-1. The gathering of INFORMATION
2. Helps form DIAGNOSIS
3. Informs the TREATMENT PLAN
4. The final PRODUCT of gathering information
How to gather information - Answer-1. Clinical/counseling interview - semi structured, face to face
2. Outside sources - psychologi...
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Assessment and Treatment in Children
and Adolescents Exam Questions and
Answers
What is assessment? - Answer-1. The gathering of INFORMATION
2. Helps form DIAGNOSIS
3. Informs the TREATMENT PLAN
4. The final PRODUCT of gathering information
How to gather information - Answer-1. Clinical/counseling interview - semi structured, face to
face
2. Outside sources - psychological tests, psychologists, doctors (OBJECTIVE assessment)
3. Observation - mental status exam (behavior, mood, intelligence, appearance, etc)
What to include in clinical counseling interview (13) - Answer-1. Identify INFORMATION or
description of client (sex, ethnicity, occupation, etc)
2. Presenting PROBLEM or chief complaint (often in the client's own words)
3. HISTORY of presenting problem
- Symptoms
- Coping strategies
- Precipitating factors or event (why now?)
- Past history of symptoms or problems
- Change in level of functioning
4. Current SUPPORT SYSTEM
5. Current LIVING SITUATION
6. RELATIONSHIP STATUS
7. MEDICATION history
8. MEDICAL history
- Individual (accidents, traumas, hospitalizations)
- family (heart disease, cancer, etc)
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