Diagnostic assessments

Given that cognitive and behavioral disturbances are commonly associated with inhalant use disorders, diagnostic assessment of individuals with such disorders is probably best done by using a standardized interview schedule, such as the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDl) (Robins et... 

Treagust, D. F. (1995). Diagnostic assessment of students science knowledge. In S. M. Glynn R. Duit (Eds.), Learning science in the schools Research reforming practice (pp. 327-346). Mahwah, New Jersey Eawrence Erlbaum Associates. 

Chandrasegaran, A. L. (2004). Diagnostic assessment of secondary students use of three levels of representation to explain simple chemical reactions. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia. 

Refer the patient for a diagnostic assessment to identify the underlying cause. Identify Graves disease by the presence of eye and/or skin findings and the presence ofTSHR-SAbs. 

Mezzich, J. E., Berganza, C. E., von Cranach, M. etal. (2003). Essentials ofthe WPA International Guidelines for Diagnostic Assessment (IGDA). Br.. Psychiatry. Suppl. 45. 

Key diagnostic assessments include ED severity, medical history, concurrent medications, physical examination, and laboratory tests (i.e., serum blood glucose, lipid profile, testosterone level). 

Possible solutions modify existing diagnostic assessment instruments so criteria are assessed more dimensionally (no sxs, mild sxs, mod sxs, clinically signif sxs, severe sxs), plus assess for every diagnostic criterion use those taxometric procedures that can adequately deal with categorical data. 

Diagnostic assessment represents a very powerful tool since these interviews may pin a label on a client. How therapists use this label can have some potentially important consequences for treatment and, in some cases, for what happens after treatment. Researchers have found that diagnostic labels can be helpful if they provide clients with useful information on how to successfully treat their... 

The cause for short-term insomnia is usually clear and requires little diagnostic assessment. As we previously noted, these brief disturbances of sleep seldom come... 

There are broadly two uses of chemometrics that interest the process chemist. The first of these is simply data display. It is a truism that the human eye is the best analytical tool, and by displaying multivariate data in a way that can be easily assimilated by eye a number of diagnostic assessments can be made of the state of health of a process, or of reasons for its failure [ 153], a process known as MSPC [154—156]. The key concept in MSPC is the acknowledgement that variability in process quality can arise not just by variation in single process parameters such as temperature, but by subtle combinations of process parameters. This source of product variability would be missed by simple control charts for the individual process parameters. This is also the concept behind the use of experimental design during process development in order to identify such variability in the minimum number of experiments. 

Hart, E.L. and Lahey, B.B. (1999) General behavior rating scales. In Shaffer, D., Lucas, C.P., Richters, J.E., eds. Diagnostic Assessment in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. New York Guilford Press, pp. 65-90. 

If one accepts the position that the structure of mental illness may differ for young people with MR, then it is also reasonable to choose assessment instruments that are appropriate to that population. There are several tools that have been developed for parent and teacher ratings of patients with MR. Examples are the Aberrant Behavior Checklist, the Developmental Behaviour Checklist, the Nisonger Child Behavior Rating Form, and the Diagnostic Assessment of the Severely Handicapped (see Hurley et ah, 1998 Chapter 32, this volume). 

Medical illness commonly affects parameters such as sleep, appetite, and energy level that are often used in diagnostic assessment. 

The diagnostic assessment, subject to revisions, is fundamental to our model (Table 1-1 ). 

The diagnostic assessment consists of several stages, including the following ... 

Having obtained the necessary information from subjective and objective sources, the next step is the development of a preliminary diagnostic assessment, including commentary when possible on the five major axes Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed., revised (DSM-IV) [11]), as well as other differential diagnostic considerations (see Appendix A). The diagnostic assessment serves many purposes ... 

Ability to Communicate. The mental status exam is critical to the determination of a patient s capacity to consent, and the ability to communicate is an absolute prerequisite (see the section Diagnostic Assessment in Chapter 1). Psychomotor impairments such as mutism or catatonia (withdrawn type) would severely affect an individual s fundamental ability to communicate any appreciation of the issues involved and their ramifications. Although an individual may actually be well oriented and may intellectually appreciate and even later remember events that occurred and the issues involved, that person is not capable of consenting if unable to demonstrate these faculties. 

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