Hypnosis

Hypnosis

Introduction

The purpose of this study is to expand the boundaries of the author's knowledge by exploring some relevant facts related to client history. Psychological assessment involves the use of information sources, including psychological tests, personal and medical history, current symptoms and problems reported by either professionals, and persons related to the patients. Whenever patient seeks help from a psychologist, the first task of the psychologist is to determine the problem precisely. A nomothetic approach is expected in the traditional psychological assessment, which emphasizes group experimental designs, diagnosis, or classification and the use of standardized interview and psychometrics.

Assessment and intervention are phases within a psychological process in which intervention (treatment) evolves from assessment. Assessment refers to the explorative part, and intervention refers to modifying part of this integrated action sequence. Assessment includes sports psychological interviews, systematic observation of athletes, coaches' and team behavior, and sports psychological tests (questionnaires as well as computerized testing of, e.g., attention skills). It also may help identify problems.

Psychologists are aware of the different psychological processes of patient. Most of the assessment instruments in psychology focus on individual differences (i.e., achievement orientation, concentration skills, or anxiety).

A psychological assessment aims to provide more clarity about the patient's psychological makeup. Self-awareness is the first step to decide if appropriate follow-up is needed. The results of the assessment could help deal with future situations more effectively. Opportunities for improvement and development, thereby empowering the athlete for increasing personal well-being and the potential for performance excellence, may evolve.

For different reasons, psychologist may want to assess various personal and psychological preferences, characteristics, or skills that may co-influence the patient's performances or preparations for performances.

In this paper, the author will describe in detail the process of taking a case history and critically evaluate its importance in relation to treatment, including ethical considerations.

Discussion & Analysis

Case history

The case history is an important part of diagnostic reasoning. The patient management problem method has been used in various studies, but may not reflect the actual reasoning process because a list of choices is given to the subjects in advance. This study investigates the contribution of the history to making the correct diagnosis by using clinical case simulation. A doctor who diagnoses a patient without consulting medical history, might be at risk of making a misdiagnosis or incomplete, and in the worst case, order treatment without knowing that the patient has other conditions that make treatment ordered react negatively, even cause death.

Within the context of medical and ethical practice of health professions, medical history reaches its maximum size in the legal world, it is the document that reflects not only the practice of medicine or medical procedure, but also the fulfillment of some of the main duties of medical personnel regarding patient care duty, duty to report, etc.., becoming the documentary evidence that assesses the level of quality of care in circumstances of liability claims for health professionals and / or public institutions. All the above indicates the importance of medical records from several points of ...