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A traumatic event such as abuse, a crime, an accident, chronic illness, or rape is one reason why people seek treatment.  

Classification systems provide mental health professionals with an agreed-upon list of disorders falling into _____ categories for which there are clear descriptions and criteria for making a diagnosis.

Let’s say a new test is developed to measure symptoms of depression. It is compared against an existing, and proven test, such as the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).  If the new test measures depression, then the scores on it should be highly comparable to the ones obtained by the BDI. Assuming this is so, we would say the test _____.  

_____ is when a mental health professional collects information and draws conclusions through the use of observation, psychological tests, neurological tests, and interviews to determine the person’s problem and the presenting symptoms.  

_____ starting any type of treatment, the client/patient must be clearly diagnosed with a mental disorder.  

We want to make sure that the experience one patient has when taking a test or being assessed is the same as another patient taking the test the same day or on a different day, and with either the same tester or another tester. This is accomplished with the use of clearly laid out rules, norms, and/or procedures, and is called _____.

Match the following examples of radiological tests and their method.

The success of treatment depends on finding evidence-based treatment that is specific for the person’s problem; the expertise of the therapist; and the characteristics, values, culture, preferences, and personality of the client.  

Obtaining the [answ1] happens in the beginning, implementing the treatment plan that is agreed upon happens more so in the middle, and then making sure the treatment produces the desired [answ2] occurs at the end.  

During the behavioral assessment we learn about the ABCs of behavior in which: [answ1] are the environmental events or stimuli that trigger a behavior; [answ2] are what the person does, says, thinks/feels; and [answ3] are the outcome of a behavior that either encourages it to be made again in the future or discourages its future occurrence.