Measuring psychopathology /

Measuring Psychopathology describes the methods by which the signs and symptoms of mental disorder are elicited, examined and evaluated.; Written for the non-clinical researcher as well as for those with clinical experience, the authors start by considering the question 'what is psychopathology...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Farmer, Anne
Other Authors: McGuffin, P. (Peter), Williams, Julie, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Mental illness > Diagnosis.
Psychological tests.
Clinical psychology > Methodology.
Personality tests.
Psychiatric rating scales.
Mental Disorders > diagnosis
Interview, Psychological
Mental Disorders > classification
Personality Tests
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychological Tests
Maladies mentales > Diagnostic.
Tests psychologiques.
Psychologie clinique > Méthodologie.
Personnalité > Tests.
Échelles d'évaluation psychiatrique.
MEDICAL > Psychiatry > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Clinical Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
MEDICAL > Mental Health.
Psychopathologie.
Diagnostiek.
Psychiatry - General.
Psychiatry.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • What is psychopathology?
  • Describing symptoms and signs
  • Defining and classifying disorder
  • Validity, reliability, and utility
  • Diagnostic interviews
  • Polydiagnostic approaches, computerized methods, and best estimate diagnoses
  • Rating scales: screening, observer, and self-rating questionnaires
  • Measuring psychopathology in specific subject groups
  • Personality and personality disorders
  • Psychopathology in the twenty-first century.

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