Chapter 5

• Describe five critical areas mental health professionals cover in an initial clinical interview.
• Explain why is it important for mental health professionals to understand the cultural context of an individual's mental disorder.
• In terms of assessment, indicate four types of reliability you should be concerned with, and why.
• In terms of assessment, indicate five types of validity you should be concerned with, and why.
• For each of the following types of assessment, compare the kinds of information can you obtain and list one example of each
  • Symptom questionnaire
  • Personality test
  • Projective test
  • Neuropsychological test
  • Neuroscience technique
• Propose some of the reasons for setting up a classification system for mental illness, such as ICD or DSM.
• Compare ICD and DSM. Discuss how they are similar and how they are different.
• Demonstrate two major changes in the way disorders are classified in the most recent edition of DSM–5 compared with its predecessor, DSM–IV.