Glossary C
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clinical assessment refers to systematic evaluation and measurement of psychological, biological, and social factors in a person presenting with a possible psychological disorder.
Clinical Assessments refer to a process of differentiating, defining, and measuring the behaviors, cognitions, and emotions that are of concern, as well as the environmental circumstances that may be contributing to these problems.
Clinical case study refers to a detailed investigation of a single person, especially one suffering from some injury or disease.
Clinical child psychology is a branch of psychology that deals with asseement and treatment of children and adolescents following the development of psycho-pathological symptoms. Usually, this activity is conducted in private practice settings or in out-patient clinic settings. Clinical child psychologists are usually more diverse in their theoretical orientations than Pediatric psychologists, and they tend to place a greater emphasis on training in assessment, developmental processes, and family therapy, although there is much overlap between the sub-specialties,
Clinical death is the definiton of death based on lack of heartbeat and respiration
Clinical Description refers to a summary of unique behaviors, thoughts, and feelings which together make up the features of a given psychological disorder.
Clinical disorders refer to all childhood and adult mental disorders contained in the DSM-IV-TR with the exception of Personality disorders and mental retardation.