Sentences with phrase «psychological diagnosis which»

The following risks may be considered: (a) any child whose genetic background or birth family (birth mother / birth father) medical history indicates significant potential for developing physical / psychological problems, (b) a drug / alcohol exposed infant, (c) a child who has a history of multiple foster / adoptive disrupted placements of 3 or more due to a documented medical or psychological diagnosis which directly resulted in the disruption.

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Further research is needed on larger patient groups to see if the psychological benefits of the intervention persist for a longer time — such as a month, which is the shortest time at which a PTSD diagnosis can be made.

(Before a formal diagnosis of ADHD can be assigned, most women also need a physical exam to rule out hyperthyroidism, which has some symptoms in common with ADHD; in some cases, formal psychological testing is conducted.)

A new vision of special education is called for in which the notion of disability is reserved for students with clear - cut diagnoses of biological or psychological limitations and the categorization is used only for the purpose of delivering intensive, specialized services in the least restrictive education environment possible.

I have long argued that although we have no definitive diagnosis of the condition which motivates the bizarre and cruel behavior of PETA's founder, Ingrid Newkirk, there is one psychological condition which appears to shed some light on what might be motivating her to seek out and poison thousands of animals every year: Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome.

If, however, a six - month RTI with the Contingent Visitation Schedule is not successful in resolving the child's attachment - related pathology, then a move into a 9 - month protective separation period would be warranted as a standard of practice response to the DSM - 5 diagnosis of Child Psychological Abuse which, based on the results of the RTI with the Contingent Visitation Schedule, can not otherwise be resolved without a protective separation of the child from the abusive pathogenic parent.

Once the CPS social worker confirms the diagnosis of child psychological abuse made by the mental health professional, then we have two independently made diagnoses of child psychological abuse, one of which is from CPS.

And because the psychologists a) defined «psychological testing» as only those tests used to diagnose mental and nervous disorders, thereby allowing non-psychologists to use any assessment instruments — such as the Myers - Briggs — that are not intended to arrive at a diagnosis; and b) included exemptions that explicitly recognize our authority to use tests that evaluate marital and family functioning — which is part of our Scope of Practice — and to use mental health symptom screening instruments — such as the Beck Depression Inventory — which MFTs often employ to make referral or treatment decisions, it made sense to limit «psychological testing» to psychologists.

Investigators have used it as the criterion for diagnosis of behavior disturbance against which to gauge the validity of both screening instruments27 and psychological interview measures.28 The published Spanish version of the CBCL used in this study has been found to have good internal consistency and concurrent validity in Spanish - speaking populations.29 The CBCL was chosen as the standard of comparison to avoid basing the calculation of PSC validity on a small subset of the data as done in previous studies using structured interviews as the standard24,30 - 32 and because the CBCL has been widely used as the criterion standard in previous PSC research in both middle - class30, 33 - 35 and low - income minority populations.8

These children and families may be at increased risk for developmental and psychological concerns, which may include symptoms or diagnoses of posttraumatic stress.

Psychological testing is very effective for determining a client's true diagnosis, and if multiple different disorders are present, testing can determine the prominence of each disorder in causing the client's symptoms, which clarifies the most appropriate treatment.

Since the constructs of narcissistic and borderline personality disorders and cross-generational coalitions of the child with one parent against the other parent are established psychological constructs about which ALL mental health professionals working with children and families should be familiar, for ANY mental health therapist or child custody evaluator to miss making the diagnosis of the child's cross-generational coalition involving a narcissistic / (borderline) parent that is targeted against a normal - range and affectionally available parent is simply unacceptable and represents professional incompetence.

Instead its intention is to describe a specific set of symptoms in a child which lead a psychologist to a clinical diagnosis of Child Psychological Abuse.

They communicate in manners that demonstrate healthcare literacy across multiple disciplines (e.g., medical - and psychological / psychiatric - terminology, disease - and / or diagnosis - specific nomenclatures), and regularly articulate the manners in which multiple BPSS dimensions interact with each other in the present, across the lifespan, and with consideration of cultural / spiritual beliefs and practices.

This is especially true if you never went through a formal psychological evaluation, which would have given the most accurate diagnosis for your symptoms.

(1) Our data are derived from children / adolescents (and mothers) referred to our tertiary Headache Center and may not be representative of the whole pediatric population suffering from migraine without aura; (2) The psychological tools employed in our study (TAS - 20, ASQ, SAFA - A, D, and S) have a self - report nature; although, they have been considered valid for psychological screening, they are not suitable for a formal diagnosis of psychiatric disorder; moreover, ASQ, as a self - report questionnaire, may not be able to elicit stress and danger situations, which are indispensable to activate the attachment system; (3) In future studies, it would be important to further explore not only the role of maternal attachment and alexithymia but also the role of maternal migraine features on their children's migraine severity, attachment style, and psychological profile.

The way in which a client's behavior is defined leads to specific treatment, and thus it is necessary to investigate the psychological models used for assessment and diagnosis as well as explore alternative ways to understand behavioral «symptomology» among young African American men.