Diagnostics and Assessment

Question 1

WAIS IV

Answer 1

• Cognitive/IQ Assessment
• Normed on diverse populations
• 10 subtests in core battery
• Additional subtests

Question 2

Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI)

Answer 2

• 195 Items
• personality, emotional adjustments, attitude toward test taking
• 8th grade reading level
• Looks at disorders and related symptomology
• personality scales are stable compared to clinical scales
• Low interdiagnostician agreement

Question 3

Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)

Answer 3

• 344 items
• Examines behavior patterns, feelings, opinions, and reactions towards different situations
• Focused on clinical utility
• Limited use with Latinx population but good norming with diverse populations

Question 4

PHQ-9

Answer 4

• Short measure (9 questions)
• Assesses for depression

Question 5

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, 3rd Edition

Answer 5

• long assessment
• Thorough validity scales
• test created for use with clinical populations
• Native Americans score high on psychosis scales because assessment is not culturally responsive

Question 6

Adjustment Disorder

Answer 6

• onset within 3 months of stressor
• marked distress out of proportion to severity of stressor or significant impairment
• no longer than 6 months
• Specifiers: depressed mood, anxiety, mixed anxiety and depressed mood

Question 7

Prolonged Grief Disorder

Answer 7

• dead occurred over 12 months ago
• Intense yearning for person or preoccupation with thoughts/memories of the deceased
• identity disruption, disbelief, avoidance of reminders, intense emotional pain, difficulty reintegrating into relationships
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Question 8

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Answer 8

• excessive anxiety and worry on more days than not for at least 6 months
• difficulty controlling worry
• sxs: restlessness, easily fatigued, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbance

Question 9

Social Anxiety Disorder

Answer 9

• anxiety lasting longer than 6 months
• worry stems from interactions
• fear that anxiety sxs will be negatively evaluated
• social situations almost always invoke worry
• impacts functioning

Question 10

Bipolar I Disorder

Answer 10

• elevated and persistent irritable mood for at least one week
• Mania

Question 11

Bipolar II Disorder

Answer 11

Hypomanic episode for at least one week

Major depressive episode

Question 12

Cyclothymic Disorder

Answer 12

Major depressive episode

Several hypomanic symptoms, but does not need criteria for a full episode

Question 13

Major Depressive Disorder

Answer 13

Lasts for at least 2 week

depressed mood on most of the day nearly everyday, anhedonia, significant weight loss, insomnia/hypersomnia, psychomotor agitation, fatigue, feelings of worthlessness, difficulty with thinking/decision makining, recruent thoughts of death

Question 14

Persistent Depressive Disorder

Answer 14

• formerly dysthmia
• depressed mood for most of the day for more days than not for at least 2 years
• sxs: poor appetite or overeating, insomnia/hypersomnia, low energy or fatigue, low self-esteem, poor concentration, feelings of hopelessness

Question 15

Adaptive Behavior Assessment System

Answer 15

complete picture of adaptive skills across the lifespan

places cognitive functioning in context

Question 16

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Answer 16

several symptoms must have been present prior to age 12

presenting in at least two settings (e.g., home, work, school)

functional impairment

Question 17

ADHD Inattention Presentation

Answer 17

at least 6 sxs that persist for at least 6 months

lack of attention to detail, difficulty sustaining attention, appears to not listen when spoken to, doesn’t follow through on instructions, difficulty with organizing tasks, doesnt like tasks that require sustained attention, often loses necessary items, distracted by extraneous stimuli, appears forgetful

Question 18

ADHD Hyperactivity Presentation

Answer 18

6 or more symptoms that persist for at least 6 months

sxs: figets, leaves seat, restlessness, unable to engage in leisure activities, “drive by motor,” talks excessively, blurts out answer, difficult waiting for turn, interrupts or intrudes on others