PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERNESS
1. Describe the basic elements of psychological assessment including diagnosis, social, behavioral and cultural considerations.
2. How is the DSM utilized in formal diagnostic classification? Describe the limitations of the DSM. Describe the five axes and provide an
example of information found in each axis.
3. Describe Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, including Rational-Emotive therapy and Beck's Cognitive therapies. Have these approaches been
demonstrated to be effective modes of therapy? Explain.
4. Describe how success is measured in therapy. What are some of the hindrances to therapeutic success?