Clinical Assessments/Neuro/Dep/ADHD,etc. Flashcards
The____is used to identify brain damage and determine its severity and possible location and produces an Impairment Index that ranges from____.
H-R(Halstead-Reitan); 0-1.0
The Bender-Gestalt is a measure of___integration that is also used as a screening device for____. Administrationinvolves 2 phases-the copy phase and the___phase.
visual-motor; neuropsychological impairment; recall
The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Stroop Test, and Tower of London are all sensitive to__lobe damage.
frontal
The Stroop test evaluates the examinee’s ability to suppress a __response.
prepotent
The Mini Mental State Exam is administered to older adults as a screening test for____and assesses six aspects of functioning–orientation, registration, attention and calculation, delayed recall, language, and____.
cognitive impairment; visual construction
The Glassgow Coma Scale is used to assess consciousness following brain injury andinvolves rating the patient in terms of 3 responses—i.e.,_____.
visual response; best motor response; and best verbal response
The__of Cognitive Functioning Revised is used to assess recovery during the first few weeks to months following a head injury andinvolves rating the patient in terms of ten levels.
Rancho Scale
The Beck Depression Inventory includes 21 items that measure various aspects of depression. A score beetween__suggests severe depression. Of the signs of depression,__is considered to be one of the best predictors of suicide risk.
29-63; hopelessness
Assessment of ADHD often begins with a___scale (e.g., BASC, CBCL) to distinguish ADHD from other disorders.
Broad-band
Influences on the assessment of Mental retardation include the individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) which requires that students with disabilities be provided with education in the ___environment and that an___be developed for each disabled student enrolled in a public school.
least restrictive; IEP
In the case of__the court concluded that IQ tests must not be used to place African American students in special education classes.
Larry P. v. Riles
The Vineland -II is used to evaluate the___of individuals who have Mental Retardation, ADHD, brain injury, or dementia.
personal and social skills(adaptive behavior)
Malingering is suggested by certain scores on the___scales of the MMPI-2 and on measures designed to detect this type of responding such as symptom validity tests, which use a ___format and compare an individual’s responses to chance responding.
validity; forced-choice