the most I would say to her . . . are you sure . . didn't want to push her . . . . her defense mechanism . . . after I went back to her and she revealed more information . . . . she expanded more - I didn't have to suspend my diagnosis - it wasn't any different - in this story the trauma was worse . . .
situation talking about the intruder story - the manefastation of a psychological distress mechanism . . . with diagnosis of PTSD . . . degrade with dealing with the stimuli of trauma they went thru . . . her way of dealing with it - it didn't happen - somebody else did it. . . it was so horrific she could not envision it . . . . . if it was therapy it could be considered therapeutic breakthrough . . .
patient take the PDS test . . . lying. . . the PDS is not based upon the nature of the trauma . . .a trauma is a trauma . . . there was a murder and she was witness to that . . . . trauma - intruder story . . . . her life was threatened she was witness to horrific crime actor or sole observer . . . . when she actually came through with what happened - the trauma was worse than the made up story.
Normed population were to lie on the test when it was being created . . . would that be a loophole.
test is constructed - items on the test had many more than jut 175 items to begin with . . . . particular type of diagnosis . . . . complex computational process . . . . score and scale pattern similar to known people in that diagnostic category . . . . complex and long process . . . standard number of items . . . algorythms - make predictions to what type of diagnositic category compared to the sample group we know have that particular diagnostic criteria.
if the sample group lied . . . create a loophole?
no these people are really smart that came up with the test- not likely
validity scale on MCMI what are they testing for?
looking for consistencies internal in the test where question . . . . .random question . . . I have travelled 30times over the atlantic within the past year . . . if you answer yes it is likely you are not being truthful
no being truthful to the questions on the test . . . develop to determine personality . . . . test is to see how people are functioning . . . . using correlational techniques focus test on correlated type questions - not factual question.
I like sports magazines . . . . . certain people with some diagnosis like sports magazines . . . just this one question means nothing but with 537 other questions can correlate to something
tied up with the rope she was tied up more than one time . . . TA used a knife to cut the lenghth of the rope . . .
low self esteem question - common or normal in the general population . . . wasn't normal but is not uncommon
could see in JA just by looking @ her = read the material . . . with experience you can determine pretty clearly - eye contact, voice, confident solutions, aggressive solutions, not assertive response . .
aggressive = beligerant . . . . angry parent lecturing a child
assertivce person - rational friendly adult to adult relationships
low self esteem - related to assertive . . . . yes low self est - not assertive
confront a boyfriend after cheating in her . . . able to confront another woman who was cheating on her boyfriend
JA spoken to another girlfriend of TA . . . . speaking to her . . . she was able to engage
talk to Bianca who Matt was seeing . . . . speak wit Bianca person - same time JA was still dating MM . . . . mean she is assertive because she was able
I had a patient who was CEO of company of womens coats . . . . over 1500 people he oversaw @ work but came to see me about his relationship with his mother.
JA was not assertive with TA . . . in part because she viewed him as being superior to her . . .
he was making out with another woman - yes