Clinical interviewing and the mental status examination
Goals of assessment, rapport, listening skills, types of interview, the mental status examination, structured interviews and threats to accuracy.
Learning modules
Each module follows the same structure: objectives, a short introduction, chunked explanations, an original example, an interactive activity, a knowledge check, a summary and further reading.
Psychological assessment
Interviewing, mental status examination, observation, cognitive, neuropsychological and personality assessment, inference and reports.
Behavioural observation, self-monitoring and checklists
Naturalistic and controlled observation, self-monitoring, checklists and inventories, physiological measures — and how to use them responsibly.
Cognitive, intellectual and neuropsychological assessment
Theories of intelligence, how intelligence is measured, neuropsychological approaches, and the controversies around cognitive testing.
Personality assessment: objective and projective methods
What personality is, whether it is stable, objective inventories, projective techniques and the evidence debate.
Clinical inference, judgement and assessment reports
How clinicians combine information, common judgement errors, clinical versus actuarial prediction, and writing an integrated, useful report.
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