THE PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORT: TECHNICAL, DEONTOLOGICAL AND PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS

Abstract

The preparation and writing of reports are part of the practice of the clinical psychologist. On numerous occasions, this task extends from the strictly clinical context to the educational and legal ones. It is a laborious, complex activity with important technical and deontological implications that may have important consequences for patients. The psychological report is the result of evaluation or evaluation-intervention processes that must reproduce and faithfully reflect those processes in the most appropriate way. The main objective of the current session is to show some of the practical recommendations from the technical and deontological point of view for writing a psychological report. Written examples of the different sections and several cases will be addressed during the session.

Miguel Angel Carrasco Ortiz is Professor of Psychological Evaluation in the Faculty of Psychology at the National University of Distance Education (Spain), and coordinator of the Department of Psychology at the same university. His research and teaching are focused on the area of assessment of child and youth problems. More detailed information on his research, clinical experience, and teaching is available at this website:

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