CLINICAL- PSYCHOMETRICS

Question 1

OCD:
Maudsley Obsessive Compulsive Inventory

Answer 1

• 30 item
• response is either ‘TRUE’ or ‘False’
• Measures the symptoms such as; ‘checking’ , ‘washing’ or ‘cleaning’
• 0-30 scale.
  - EXAMPLE:
  “I frequently have to check things (gas, water, taps) several times’’

Question 2

OCD:
Yale’s Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale

Answer 2

• Developed by Goodman et al.
• Semi-structured interview
• Scores range from 0-40
• 30 mins duration
• assess the severity of symptoms of OCD
• Involves a checklist of several obsessions and compulsions with a 10-item scale
• The scale can rate:
  > How much time spent on the obsession
  > How much distress it causes them
  EXAMPLE:
  Obsessions : contamination
  Compulsions: washing

Question 3

ANXIETY/ PHOBIA
Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7

Answer 3

• 7 items
• assess the symptoms severity of anxiety
• 0-21 score range
• applies to the last 2 weeks
• Individuals provide a score range of 0(not at all) to 3(nearly everyday)
  EXAMPLE:
  *Feeling anxious or on edge
  feeling afraid that something bad will happen to them *

Question 4

ANXIETY/PHOBIA
Blood Injection Phobia Inventory

Answer 4

• involves 18 possible situations involving blood and injections
• The respondant will evaluate these situations and suggest the reaction they will give
  -These include :
  > Cognitive
  > psychological
  > behavioural
• They rate their responses on a 0-3 scale with 0-never and 3- always
  EXAMPLE:
  ~ When I see someone bleeding and injured on the street
• “I cannot bear the situation”
• “I might faint”

Question 5

ICD:
Kleptomania Symptom Assessment Scale K-SAS

Answer 5

• 11-Item
• Measures:
  > impulses
  > thoughts
  > feelings
  > behaviours
  related to stealing
• This assessment is applied to the past 7 days
• each item is rated on a 0-4 or 0-5 scale with 0-no symptoms and 5-severe symptoms
  EXAMPLE
  ‘ In the past 7 days how strong were your urges to steal, please circle the most appropriate number’

Question 6

MOOD DISORDERS:
Beck’s Depression Inventory

Answer 6

• 21 item self-report
• Assess attitudes and symptoms of depression
• Score of 10: mild depression
• Score of 19-29: moderate depression
• Score 30 and above: severe depression
• Each item contains 4 statements
• The respondant must take at least 4 statements that best fits how they feel
• Other items relate to known symptoms:
  > Guilt
  > Hopelessness
  > Physiological
  > Fatigue
  > Weightloss

Question 7

MOOD DISORDERS:
Attributional style Questionnaire

Answer 7

• 12 hypothetical good and bad situations
• Had to rate each cause of the situation on a 7-point scale