Ngela Savanti Case Study

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ComFun6e_Ch03_C!.indd 66 12/10/09 10:27:01 AM CLINICAL ASSESSMENT, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT C H A P T E R :3 A ngela Savanti was 22 years old, lived at home with her mother, and was employed as a secretary in a large insurance company. She . . . had had passing periods of “the blues” before, but her present feelings of despondency were of much greater proportion. She was troubled by a severe depression and frequent crying spells, which had not lessened over the past two months. Angela found it hard to concentrate on her job, had great difficulty falling asleep at night, and had a poor appetite. . . . Her depression had begun after she and her boyfriend Jerry broke up two months previously. (Leon, 1984, p. 109) TOPIC OVERVIEW…show more content…
Employers, who have to predict which applicants are most likely to be effective workers, collect information from résumés, interviews, references, and perhaps on-the-job observations. Clinical assessment is used to determine how and why a person is behaving abnormally and how that person may be helped. It also enables clinicians to evaluate people’s progress after they have been in treatment for a while and decide whether the treatment should be changed. The hundreds of clinical assessment techniques ComFun6e_Ch03_C!.indd 67 12/10/09 10:27:07 AM 68 ://CHAPTER 3 •idiographic understanding•An understanding of the behavior of a particular individual. •assessment•The process of collecting and interpreting relevant information about a client or research participant. and tools that have been developed fall into three categories: clinical interviews, tests, and observations. To be useful, these tools must be standardized and must have clear reliability and validity. Characteristics of Assessment Tools All clinicians must follow the

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