Matakuliah
Tahun
: Psikologi Diagnostik
: 2010
Evidence-based Assessment in
Clinical Psychology
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Types of Referral Setting
• Throughout the assessment process, practitioners
should try to understand the unique problems and
demands encountered in different referral settings.
• Clinicians also need to specify the relevance of the
psychological evaluation in determining different
alternatives and their possible outcomes.
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Clinical Assessment
• Perhaps the most common ones are individuals who are
self-referred and are seeking relief from psychological
turmoil. For most of these individuals, extensive
psychological testing is not relevant and, in fact, may be
contraindicated because the time spent in testing is
usually time that could best be applied toward treatment.
• Psychological assessment can be conducted for a
number of purposes (e.g., diagnosis, treatment
evaluation)
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Ethical Practice of Assessment
• Criticism has been directed at the use of tests in
inappropriate contexts, confidentiality, cultural bias,
invasion of privacy, and the continued use of tests that
are inadequately validated.
• Labeling and restriction of freedom*
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Problems and Limitations in
Clinical Assessment
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Problems with Some Commonly Taught and Used Tests
Problems in Test Selection and Inadequate Assessment
Problems in Test Interpretation
Limited Evidence for Treatment Utility of Commonly
Used Tests
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Evidence-based Assessment of Specific
Conditions/Disorders
Three critical aspects should define EBA (Hunsley & Mash 2005,
Mash & Hunsley 2005):
• Research findings and scientifically viable theories on both
psychopathology and normal human development should be
used to guide the selection of constructs to be assessed and
the assessment process.
• psychometrically strong measures should be used to assess
the constructs targeted in the assessment 1
• the entire process of assessment 2 should be empirically
evaluated.
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