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This is the Chapter 2 of the book Psychological Diagnostics in Health Care (Luteijn & Barelds, 2019). Which is content for the exam of the Theory component of Module 5 (Mental Health) of the University of Twente, in the Netherlands

Diagnostic quality

Introduction

• Diagnostic process described as an indictive-deductive process
• Diagnostic quality will be discussed with the following diagnostic components:
  
  • 1. Frames of reference in diagnostic
  • 2. Explanation of these frameworks in models
  • 3. Tests

Quality requirements for frames of reference, models and tests

• Psychodiagnostics defined as:
  • A. Diagnostic frames of reference or theories
  • B. Explanation of fames of reference in test theory models and statistical models
  • C. Tests
• Frames of references:
  
  • 1. Individual

This is the Chapter 17 of the book Biopsychology, Global Edition (Pinel & Barnes, 2018). Which is content for the exam of the Theory component of Module 5 (Mental Health) of the University of Twente, in the Netherlands

Ch.17: Biopsychology of Emotion, Stress and Health

“chronic fear is one common source of stress” (Pinel & Barnes, 2018)

Biopsychology of Emotion: Introduction

Early Landmarks in the Biopsychological Investigation of Emotion

Darwin’s theory of the evolution of emotion

• Particular emotional responses, such as human facial expressions, tend to accompany same emotional states in all members of a species
• Expressions of emotion, like other behaviours, products of evolution

James-Lange and Cannon-Bard theories

• James-Langue theory: first physiological theory of emotion --> emotion-inducing sensory stimuli are received and interpreted by cortex, which triggers changes

This is the Chapter 9 of the book Psychological Diagnostics in Health Care (Luteijn & Barelds, 2019). Which is content for the exam of the Theory component of Module 5 (Mental Health) of the University of Twente, in the Netherlands

Ch. 9: Questionnaires for measuring problem areas

• Questionnaires for measuring general psychological symptoms
• Discuss more specific questionnaires for measuring social anxiety, relationship quality, stress, coping competence and post-traumatic disorder (PTSD), hostility and eating behaviour

General Psychopathology Questionnaires:

• Provide an impression of a person’s general psychological functioning
• Especially useful if there is lack of clarity about the nature and severity of client’s symptoms
• When there is specific presumption about client’s symptoms, is preferable to use more specific questionnaire
• Also used in the framework of therapy evaluation --> involving longitudinal design with pretest/post-test