Each of the Following Are Goals in Using Risk Assessments

question 8

Multiple Choice

Each of the following are goals in using risk assessments EXCEPT one.Which one is the EXCEPTION?

• A) Identify causative factors.
• B) Increase preventive factors.
• C) Individualize interventions.
• D) Categorize periodontal status.

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Definitions:

Dodo Bird Verdict

A concept suggesting that all psychotherapies, despite their specific components, tend to produce similar outcomes.

Motivational Interviewing

A therapeutic approach that is client-centered and helps to engage intrinsic motivation for changing behaviour by creating discrepancy and exploring and resolving ambivalence within the client.

Clinical Psychologists

Persons who are initially trained in general psychology and then receive graduate training in the application of this knowledge to the understanding, diagnosis, and amelioration of disorders of thinking and behavior. They have a thorough grounding in research methods, and some spend their careers doing research on abnormal functioning, although many also provide treatment. The treatment methods of clinical psychologists primarily involve psychological interventions of one kind or another.

Cognitive-Behavioural

Referring to a therapeutic approach that addresses dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and cognitions through a goal-oriented, systematic procedure.