Activity 4.6

Click on the term to reveal its definition.

diagnostic systems

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV)

International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10)

reliability (of a diagnostic system)

validity (of a diagnostic system)

decision trees

Axis I: Clinical Syndromes

Axis II: Personality Disorders and Mental Retardation

Axis III: General Medical Conditions

Axis IV: Psychosocial and Environmental Problems

Axis V: Global Assessment of Functioning

checklists of symptoms

structured interview

unstructured interview

objective personality tests

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2)

MMPI-A

projective personality tests

Rorschach (ROR-shok)

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

Incomplete Sentences Test

Draw-A-Person Test

House-Tree-Person Test

Children's Apperception Test (CAT)

verbal intelligence

performance intelligence

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Revised Edition), (WAIS-R)

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Third Edition), (WISC-III)

Wechsler Preschool-Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI)

Stanford-Binet

neuropsychological tests

Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychology Battery

Luria-Nebraska Battery

computerized axial tomography (to-MOG-ruh-fe) (CT scan)

magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

electroencephalograph (e-lek-tro-en-SEF-uh-lo-graf) (EEG)

positron emission tomography (PET scan)

sphygmomanometer (sfig-mo -muh-NOM-uh-tur)

systolic (sis-TOL-ik) blood pressure

comorbidity