The Psychiatric Evaluation and Evidence-Based Rating Scales Assessment tools have two primary purposes: 1) to measure illness and diagnose clients, and 2) to measure a client’s response to treatment. Often, you will find that multiple assessment tools are designed to measure the same condition or response. Not all tools, however, are appropriate for use in…

Factors That Influence the Development of Psychopathology In many realms of medicine, objective diagnoses can be made: A clavicula is broken. An infection is present. TSH levels meet the diagnostic criteria for hypothyroidism. Psychiatry, on the other hand, deals with psychological phenomena and behaviors. Can these, too, be “defined objectively and by scientific criteria (Gergen,…

Assignment: Agonist-to-antagonist spectrum of action Assignment: Agonist-to-antagonist spectrum of action Analyze the agonist-to-antagonist spectrum of action of psychopharmacologic agents APA Format, 3 credible references, not more than 5 years old, No certain length, Just make sure to answer the question the instrctor is asking. Post a response to each of the following: Explain the agonist-to-antagonist…