Assessment Tools (137) Flashcards
Beck Anxiety Inventory
The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was developed by
Aaron Beck as part of the Beck Scales to assist the
clinician in making balanced and reliable assessments of
patients. Test results are useful as a first step in
detecting and proper treatment of an affective disorder.
The Beck Anxiety Inventory gauges the severity of
patient anxiety. It was intended to help differentiate
between anxiety and depression by measuring anxiety
symptoms shared minimally with those of depression.
The test addresses physiological as well as cognitive
elements of anxiety with a 21 question tool addressingsubjective, somatic, or panic-related symptoms
Distinguishes between anxious and non-anxious groups in a variety of clinical settings and is appropriate for use with all adult mental health populations
Beck Depression Inventory
Assesses depression and, in conjunction with the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), gauges the likelihood of suicide
Beck Hopelessness Scale
Developed in conjunction with the Beck Depression Scale to gauge the likelihood of suicide in adult and adolescent clients of 17 years of age or older
Builds on the Beck Depression Scale as a means of evaluating hopelessness and suicidal ideation in depressed clients
Made up of 20 true/false questions that either confirm or deny pessimistic or optimistic statements
Should not be used in and of itself as a means of identifying potentially suicidal potential but should be part of a comprehensive clinical examination
Bender Visual-Motor Visual Gestalt Test
10-minute test used to investigate the measurement of the perpetual motor and cognitive development in minors over the age of 4
Consists of different designs that the subject copies onto a blank piece of paper
Normally used on all different cases including those of the mentally-challenged, psychotic and normal nature in educational, researching, and clinical surroundings
Results provide information regarding a subject’s development and neuropsychological functioning; not intended to be used as a full neuropsychological exam
Acceptance and Action Questionnaire for Substance Abuse (AAQ-SA)
Measures psychological flexibility (construct referenced in acceptance & commitment therapy) in the context of substance abuse
Addiction Counseling Self-Efficacy Scale (ACSES)
32-item scale which assesses aspects of addiction counselors’ perceived self-efficacy for working with clients in the areas of:
(a) specific addiction counseling skills
(b) assessment, treatment planning, and referral skills
(c) co-occurring disorders skills
(d) group counseling skills
(e) basic counseling skills
Addiction Research Center Inventory (ARCI)
Standardized questionnaire used for assessing subjective effects of psychoactive drugs
Addiction Severity Index (ASI)
Semi structured interview designed to provide data regarding aspects of the life of clients that may contribute to their substance-abuse problems
Provides a general overview of substance-abuse problems
ADE Needs Assessment
130-question, comprehensive, adult assessment tool that addresses life stress, attitude and emotional stability, criminal history and alcohol/drug use
Admission and Discharge Criteria and Assessment Tools (ADAT)
Comprehensive approach to establishing an initial treatment plan which identifies the most appropriate level and intensity of care for a client entering addictions treatment system (or whether the client is ready for discharge).
The Admission criteria, in particular, use the results of the Assessment Tools to this end.
The Assessment Tools component is a suite of clinical assessment tools to be used by professionals to identify a client’s strengths and needs in seven areas.
Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD)
Assesses substance use and other life problems, to assist with treatment planning, and to assess changes in life problem areas and severity over time
A 150-item structured interview that looks at the following content areas:
- Medical status
- Drug and alcohol use
- Legal status
- Family background and problems
- School/employment
- Social activities and peer relations
- Psychological status
Adolescent Problem Severity Index (APSI)
Semi-structured interview used to assist juvenile probation officers in identifying, documenting, and responding to drug and alcohol abuse and problems.
Includes a general information section that addresses the reason for the assessment and the referral source, as well as the adolescent’s understanding of the reason for the interview
Additional sections include drug/alcohol use, family relationships, education/work, legal, medical, psycho/social adjustment, and personal relationships
Alcohol Use Inventory (AUI)
Explores how individuals use alcohol, secondary gains from use, consequences of drinking and the client’s concern that they are using alcohol
Areas in Need of Help Questionnaire (ANH)
Measures the participant’s average ratings of the extent to which they feel they have experienced problems across 10 life areas:
- Alcohol use
- Illicit drug use
- Physical health
- Psychological-emotional issues
- Partner-child relationships
- Relationships with parents
- Relationships with friends or others
- Finances
- Legal issues
- Housing
Also assesses current need for help in these areas
Assessment of Recovery Capital (ARC)
Uses 50 items to assess recovery strengths:
- Substance use and sobriety
- Global psychological health
- Global physical health
- Citizenship and community involvement
- Social support
- Meaningful activities
- Housing and safety,
- Risk-taking
- Coping and life functioning
- Recovery experience
Barriers to Treatment Inventory (BTI)
Used by substance abusers and assessment staff as a useful tool for helping identify barriers to treatment entry
Contains items drawn from the extensive literature on barriers to treatment and from items found in the Allen Barriers to Treatment Instrument (ABTI), as well as other barrier lists
Discussion of the results from this assessment may improve the likelihood that barriers are successfully resolved and that linkage occurs (by increasing linkage rates, programs conduct fewer assessments that do not result in successful follow-through)
Barriers to Treatment Inventory (BTI)
Used by substance abusers and assessment staff as a useful tool for helping identify barriers to treatment entry
Contains items drawn from the extensive literature on barriers to treatment and from items found in the Allen Barriers to Treatment Instrument (ABTI), as well as other barrier lists
Discussion of the results from this assessment may improve the likelihood that barriers are successfully resolved and that linkage occurs (by increasing linkage rates, programs conduct fewer assessments that do not result in successful follow-through)
Behaviors and Experiences Inventory (BEI)
A structured set of 50 questions designed to elicit information about behaviors and experiences before age 15 and after age 18
Questions cover reading issues, a history of sexual, physical, and emotional victimization, and indications of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Conduct Disorder, and Antisocial Personality Disorder
Intended for use in the evaluation of individuals where behavioral problems and a history of victimization may be likely
Designed for use with individuals who are being evaluated for clinical services after having been arrested or upon release from correctional facilities
Not a comprehensive assessment for these conditions and experiences but is intended as a screening tool to alert clinicians to issues in these areas
Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI)
Designed for conducting empirical research on psychological androgyny
Also used for workshops and counseling on gender awareness
Contains 60 personality characteristics:
- 20 are stereotypically feminine (e.g., affectionate, gentle, understanding, sensitive to the needs of others)
- 20 are stereotypically masculine (e.g., ambitious, self-reliant, independent, assertive)
- 20 are filler items (e.g., truthful, happy, conceited)
Blood-Borne Virus Transmission Risk Assessment Questionnaire (BBV-TRAQ)
Assesses the frequency with which injecting drug users (IDUs) have participated in specific injecting, sexual and other risk practices in the previous month that may expose them to blood-borne viruses
Consists of 34 questions that measure the frequency of current injecting risk behaviors (20 questions), sexual risk behaviors (8 questions) and other skin penetration risk behaviors (6 questions)
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)
Frequently utilized test used to calculate psychotic and non-psychotic symptoms in people with major psychiatric disorders
Broset Violence Checklist (BVC)
Short checklist that assesses the risk of violence in the next 24 hours
Rater scores the presence or absence of confusion, irritability, boisterousness, physically threatening, verbally threatening, attacking objects
Designed for nurses in a psychiatric inpatient setting
California Psychotherapy Alliance Scale (CALPAS)
Draws from a variety of perspectives, including Freud’s concept of the client’s affective bond with the therapist, the client’s ego capacity for a working alliance, mutual agreement on tasks and goals, and the therapist’s role as an empathic listener
Carroll Depression Scale (CDS-R, CRS)
Created to assess the degree of depression in adults.
Assesses baseline symptoms of depression and can evaluate response to treatment over a specific time period
Sample questions are: “I feel just as energetic as always” and “I am losing weight”, with the client choosing “yes’ or “no” in all cases.
Chemical Dependency Assessment Profile (CDAP)
Self-report questionnaire that evaluates alcohol use, use of other drugs, and polydrug abuse
Profile assesses chemical use history, patterns of use, use beliefs and expectancies, use symptoms, self-concept, and interpersonal relations
Measures frequency/quantity of use, physiological symptoms, situational stressors, antisocial behavior, interpersonal skill, affective dysfunction, attitude toward treatment, and degree of life impact
Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS)
Assesses degree of impairment in functioning in children and adolescents secondary to emotional, behavioral, or substance use problems
Measures several dimensions of functioning:
For youth - school, home, community, behavior toward others, moods/emotions, self-harmful behavior, substance use, and thinking problems
For caregivers - material needs and family/social support
Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ)
Standardized, retrospective 28-item self-report inventory that measures the severity of different types of childhood trauma:
- Emotional Abuse
- Physical Abuse
- Sexual Abuse
- Emotional Neglect
- Physical Neglect
Also includes a three-item Minimization/Denial scale indicating the potential underreporting of maltreatment
Chronic Illness Problem Inventory (CIPI)
Helps to document accurately client’s specific problems in areas of physical limitations, psychosocial functioning, sleep, eating, health care behaviors, and marital adjustment
Respondents rate each item as to how strongly it applies to them, including such things as:
- “I have difficulty falling asleep”
- “I have some financial worries”
- “I need to use too many medications”
- “I am afraid I may become or am already dependent on medications”
- “I have difficulty doing household chores”
- “I feel doctors have not taken my problems seriously”
- “No treatment has ever helped my problem”
Cigarette Withdrawal Scale (CWS-21)
Measure of cigarette withdrawal symptoms
Subscales cover the main components of nicotine or tobacco withdrawal:
- Depression-anxiety
- Craving
- Irritability-impatience
- Appetite
- Weight gain
- Insomnia
- Difficulty concentrating
Clinical Exit Survey
Assesses professional clinical staff’s attitudes and perceptions of participating in research within their clinic setting
Brief, self-administered, paper-and-pencil survey contains an initial set of questions about:
- Demographics
- Clinic role (e.g., “What do you perceive as your primary job at the clinic?”)
- Research study role (i.e., direct (counselor, supervisor vs. no direct role)
- Prior experience delivering HIV/STD prevention or counseling
Clinician and Supervisor Survey (CSS)
Developed as part of a NIDA National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network protocol to obtain information on:
- Demographics
- Levels of experience
- Education and credentials
- Personal recovery
- Counseling orientation
- Previous MET/MI training
- Beliefs about treatment, clients, and the recovery process
Cocaine Craving Questionnaire-Brief (CCQ-Brief)
Measures a client’s desire to use cocaine
Cocaine Effect Expectancy Questionnaire (CEEQ)
Consists of a series of items describing the effects of cocaine on which subjects are asked to rate their agreement or disagreement, according to their own experiences
Cocaine Selective Severity Assessment (CSSA)
Clinician-administered instrument that measures early cocaine abstinence signs and symptoms
18 items on assessment were primarily drawn from symptoms commonly reported in the literature as being associated with early cocaine abstinence, including depression, fatigue, anhedonia, anxiety, irritability, sleep disturbance, and inability to concentrate
Items also address additional symptoms such as paranoia, carbohydrate craving, bradycardia, and suicidality
Commitment to Change Algorithm (CA)
A simple assessment tool used to determine a client’s stage of change
Classifies clients into one of five stages of change (precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, or maintenance), based on recent drinking or drug use, reported intention to change, and recent quit-change attempts
Comprehensive Addictions and Psychological Evaluation (CAAPE)
A comprehensive diagnostic assessment interview providing documentation for substance-specific abuse or dependence diagnoses based on DSM criteria
Covers mental health conditions likely to impact recovery from substance abuse or dependence, including:
- Substance-specific dependence and abuse
- Depression
- Mania
- Panic/anxiety
- PTSD
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Psychosis
- Personality disorders
Comprehensive Marijuana Motives Questionnaire (CMMQ)
A 36-item measure of the motives for marijuana use by young adults
Conflict Tactics Scales: Parent-Child Version
Used to evaluate child maltreatment and parent-to-child violence within families
35 items, mostly focusing on the respondent’s behavior with his or her child, and several inquiring about the parent’s own experiences as a child
Connors Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS)
Contains both self-report and observer forms, providing a balanced, multimodal assessment of adult ADHD symptoms at home, at work, and in peer interaction
Co-Occurring Disorders Screening Instrument (CODSI)
Term
Designed to screen for mental disorder among prison inmates with a history of substance abuse
Designed to screen for mental disorder among prison inmates with a history of substance abuse
Useful tool to distinguish both men and women in need of further psychiatric assessment and specialized psychiatric services
Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms-62 (CCAPS-62)
Assesses a broad range of symptoms and functional domains that are salient among college students
Subscales:
- Depression
- Eating Concerns
- Substance Use
- General Anxiety
- Hostility
- Social Anxiety
- Family Distress
- Academic Distress
Covi Anxiety Scale
Measures the severity of anxiety symptoms in clients
Frequently paired with the Hamilton Scale for Anxiety (HAM-A) which is more comprehensive in nature
Useful in distinguishing between individuals with depressive symptoms and those with anxiety symptoms with relative accuracy
Denial Rating Scale (DRS)
Based upon the assumption that alcoholism is a disease and that denial is a stable, but changeable mind state, this tool is used to assess the level of denial after a brief semi-structured interview
Diagnosis of alcoholism must be made first before using this tool
Diagnostic Interview for Gambling Severity (DIGS)
Assesses gambling involvement by using questions that require participants to indicate whether each scenario regarding their personal gambling behavior is very true, somewhat true, or false (e.g., “Have you frequently thought about ways of getting money with which to gamble?”)
Dimensions of Tobacco-Dependence Scale (DTDS)
54-item, self-report measure of tobacco dependence
Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire-Revised (DRSEQ-R)
Assesses a person’s belief in his/her ability to resist alcohol
Drug and Drug Problems Perceptions Questionnaire (DDPPQ)
Measures mental health professionals’ attitudes to working with drug users
Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression (DASA)
Used by unit staff to assist them to assess the risk of imminent (within the next 24 hours) aggression by individuals in psychiatric hospitals and other secure settings
Eating Disorder Belief Questionnaire (EDBQ)
Assesses self-beliefs and underlying assumptions related to eating disorders that many clients with eating issues possess
Questions focus on four factors:
(1) negative self-beliefs
(2) weight and shape as a means to acceptance by others
(3) weight and shape as a means to self-acceptance
(4) control over eating
Eating Disorder Inventory-2
Intended to assist in diagnosing anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, but is not for use as the sole diagnostic tool for diagnosis of either disorder
Supplies additional data about the behavioral and emotional aspects of eating disorders
Asks about the subject’s present and past eating habits and menstrual history
Electronic Psychological Assessment System (e-PASS)
Internet-based comprehensive assessment program that, in addition to diagnostic assessment, measures a range of factors including:
- Socio-demographic background
- Suicide and psychosis risk
- Past and current treatment
- Preferred learning style
Family Tree Questionnaire for Assessing Family History of Alcohol Problems (FTQ)
Brief, easily administered questionnaire which can be used to assess family history of alcohol problems and aids in determining risk for more serious alcohol problems and relapse vulnerability among those with positive family history
Provides set of cues for identifying blood relatives with alcohol problems by using a family tree diagram for relatives
Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)
39-item measure that measures general tendency to be mindful in daily life:
- Observing
- Describing
- Acting with awareness
- Nonreactivity to inner experience
- Nonjudging of inner experience
Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB)
Brief neuropsychological tool that detects specific executive cognitive function (ECF) impairments
Useful for the evaluation of diseases associated with frontal dysfunction such as substance use disorders
Subtests include:
- Conceptualization
- Mental flexibility
- Motor programming - Sensitivity to interference
- Inhibitory control
- Environmental autonomy
Functional Assessment Interview (FAI)
Goals of this assessment are to develop an in-depth understanding of the client’s adjustment across a broad range of life domains and to gather specific information about the client’s substance use behavior, such as patterns of use and high-risk situations
Lengthy, semi-structured interview conducted over a series of meetings with information collected from a variety of sources
Covers core topics of comprehensive assessment: background information, psychiatric illness, physical health and safety, psychosocial adjustment, and substance use