Proceso de evaluación psicológica de caso clínico para la corroboración de la presunción diagnóstica.

Abstract

In this research work, the analysis of a case is presented to confirm or reject the diagnostic presumption about the patient NN, for this purpose, it is suggested to make use of the psychological evaluation process, a procedure performed by the clinical psychologist, the hypothesis is formulated based on the symptomatology presented by the patient, which is confirmed by the literature review of scientific articles of the last five years and relevant psychological material, such as the DSM 5, among others. Thus, it is confirmed that the hypothesis raised corresponds to the major neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer's disease. For this purpose, it is necessary the use of instruments that the clinical psychology professional uses to carry out the diagnostic evaluation process, such as the semi-structured interview in which a flexible questionnaire with open questions is used, which is applied to the patient and his family group, in order to collect relevant information related to their discomfort. Likewise, the importance of the application of some tests with reliability and validity that allow evaluating the current cognitive state was highlighted, among them, the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and finally, the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) are instruments that allow and help the professional in the field of psychology to confirm the diagnostic presumption; in this case, the major neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer's disease, respectively.