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ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

  1. Demographic Information: (1/2 page) 5 pts
    • Name, age, gender, occupation, marital status, etc.
  2. Family history: choose information pertinent to diagnosis (1-¬2 paragraphs) 5 pts
    • Developmental/Psychosocial history ∙ Family & relationships ∙ Current living & support situation ∙ Employment history ∙ Legal history ∙ Medical/surgical/psychiatric history
  3. Description of symptoms/behavioral problems: (1 page) 5 pts
    • Example, drug use (drug dependence, both psychedelic & psychotropic drugs), impulsive behavior, etc.
  4. Type of assessment tools (use at least 2 assessment tools in addition to a clinician interview, I prefer 2+ and include rationale for each assessment tool (NEED 3 total)) (1 paragraph) 6 pts
    • Projective/personality inventory/intelligence tests, etc.
  5. Diagnoses (majority of points are given here) 13 pts
    • Section 2 of DSM V has the disorders and criteria for diagnosing
  6. Recommendation /Treatment plan (provide rationale for rec/tx plan) 10 pts
    • Should be 2 + pages
    • explain responses for diagnoses and treatment plan. Who will be involved?
    • Hospitalization
    • How long in psychiatric hospital/setting?
    • Medications (antidepressant, antianxiety, etc.)
    • How many milligrams, how many times a day, for how long?
    • Therapy (type of therapy, process of therapy techniques)
    • Ex. Behavioral/ Psychoanalysis/Group, etc.
    • Techniques ex. In-vivo, dream analysis, EMDR, etc.
    • How many times a week?
    • How long in therapy, 2, 6, 9, months?

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