A Clinimetric approach in Psychological diagnosis: clinical observations

Authors

  • Carmela Mento University of Messina, Psychiatric Unit of Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4611-3740
  • Maria Catena Silvestri Psychiatric unit of Policlinico Messina, University of Messina, Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/2612-4033/0110-2050

Abstract

Objective: The domain of the clinic assessment in psychology, shares the same theoretical and methodological assumptions with the traditional psychometric methods. In this case, the authors will focus on a clinimetric approach, different from the traditional psychometric ones, usually used in assessment practices. Methods: the authors analysed book by Per Bech “Klinisk Psycometri” and the Italian version titled “l’Assessment in Clinica psicologica: la psicodiagnostica clinimetrica”, edited by Giovanni Fioriti in 2018. Results: The book gives an innovative approach in understanding the clinical use of psychological rating scales, in line with a dimensional approach. Conclusion: The book offers a view on the importance of an assessment in the psychological clinic, which takes into account the nosography conditions of the pathological clinical conditions and the related quality of life and health. The book highlights the possibility of a measurement, which takes the clinical pathological observation, the possibility of comparing different subjects, identifying the link between normal and pathological, psychopathological comorbidity and clinical indications for psychotherapy.

Author Biography

  • Carmela Mento, University of Messina, Psychiatric Unit of Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at University of Messina, Clinical Psychologist, PhD in Psychiatric Sciences, specialized in Psychological diagnosis and consulting in Health settings. Jungian psychoanalyst at CIPA and International Association for Analytical Psychology, IAAP Member. Supervisor of clinical psychodiagnostic practice in Psychiatric Unit at University Hospital of Messina. Member of the Réseau Universitaire de Recherche Européen et International Méthodes Projectives et Psychanalyse. Author of scientific articles  in clinical psychology field, focused on psychological assessment in health settings, mental health, psychosomatic illness,  affective dynamics in psychopathology and personality disorders.

References

Arrindell W.A., Urbàn R., Carrozzino D., Per Bech, Zsolt Demetrovics, Hendrik G. Roozen (2017). SCL-90-R emotional distress ratings in substance use and impulse control disorders: One-factor, oblique first-order, higher order, and bi-factor models compared. Psychiatry Research, 255, 173-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.05.019

Carrozzino, D., Marchetti, D., Laino, D., Minna, M., Verrocchio, M. C., Fulcheri, M., & Bech, P. (2016). Anxiety in adolescent epilepsy. A clinimetric analysis. Nordic journal of psychiatry, 70(6), 424-429. https://doi.org/10.3109/08039488.2016.1143029

Carrozzino, D., Morberg, B. M., Siri, C., Pezzoli, G., & Bech, P. (2018). Evaluating psychiatric symptoms in Parkinson's Disease by a clinimetric analysis of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R). Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 81, 131-137.

Fava, G. A., Carrozzino, D., Lindberg, L., & Tomba, E. (2018). The Clinimetric Approach to Psychological Assessment: A Tribute to Per Bech, MD (1942–2018). Psychotherapy and psychosomatics, 87(6), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1159/000493746

Okkels, N., & Larsen, E. R. (2017). Measurement-Based care in mental disorders. By Per Bech. In the series Springer Briefs in Psychology. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 136-230.

Per Bech, (2011). Clinical Psychometrics, Munksgaard, Copenhagen.

Downloads

Published

2019-04-14

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019)

Section

Articles

License

Creative Commons License Articles and conference papers published in Journal of Clinical and Development Psychology are distributed under the terms and conditions of a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Correspondingly, authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  • Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).