Instruments Flashcards
Neuropsychology II (NEPSY-II)
to assess neuropsychological development in preschool and school age children, ages 3-16. It is useful for aiding in diagnoses and intervention planning for particular disorders including ADHD and LD
“Bender Gestalt II
“The Bender Gestalt Visual-Motor Gestalt Test measures visual-motor integration skills in children and adults ages 4 to 85 (Branningan & Decker, 2003). The instrument is used in educational, psychological and neuropsychological assessment”
“Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2”
“Purpose, use and age:
Psychopathology and normal/abnormal function (18 years and older)
Validity Scales:
Include lie, infrequency, and correction.
Clinical Scales:
Include hypochondriasis, depression, hysteria, psychopathic deviate, paranoia,”
“Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent”
“The MMPI-A is recommended for adolescents ages 14-18. Original research in behavior with the MMPI-A was conducted with borderline, depressed mood, eating disorders, homicidal behavior, manifest aggression, victimization by incest and sexual abuse, sleeping problems, physical disabilities, and schizophreni”
“Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMII-III)”
“The MCMII-III provides support for the opinions of mental health professionals in clinical counseling, medical, forensic, and other settings. It was designed to measure personality traits and psychopathology and used for clinical decision makin”“The MAPI is an adolescent and counseling inventory and recommended for age range 9-12; the pre-adolescent inventory (M-PACI), and the adolescent inventory (MACI) for age range 13-19 are additional forms.”
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“Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scales (PANAS Scales)”
“The PANAS is considered a mood questionnaire. The characteristics of positive affect (PA) are high energy, enthusiasm, and full concentration, active and alert. Negative affect characteristics may be distress in the form of anger, contempt, disgust, guilt, fear, and nervousness, as well as possibly a lack of coping skills”
“Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS)”
“The CAPS is considered one of two instruments most commonly used for assessing PTSD diagnostic accuracy”
Beck Depression Inventory
“The BDI-II is a 21-item self-report inventory that measures the severity of depression in adult”
“Burk’s Behavior Rating Scale (BHRS”
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“The purpose of the BHRS-2 is to diagnose children and adolescents (age range 4-18) with behavior problems. The BHRS scales include disruptive and emotional scales, social withdrawal, ability deficits,”“physical deficits, and weak self-confidence, and attention and self-control problems. Parent and teacher forms are available.”
“System Check-List-90 (SCL-90-R)”
“The SCL-90-R elicits information regarding psychological distress and psychopathology.”
“Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI-3)”
“The SASSI-3 is a structured self-report and screens for substance dependent disorder. The adolescent SASSI-A2 (ages 12-18) is designed to provide a probability for substance use disorder.”
“The Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10, 20) and Short Michigan Alcoholism Test (SMAST)”
“Purpose, use and age:
Doctors and counselors, to determine if an individual is reflecting symptoms of an addict, often use the DAST.”
The Cage Questionnaire
“The CAGE was originally designed for adults and is used to screen for alcoholism during the intake interview. There are four questions: C for cutting down on alcohol intake, A for annoyance over criticism about alcohol, G for guilt about drinking behavior, and E for drinking in the morning to relieve withdrawal anxiety.”
“The Dissociative Experiences Scales (DES)”
“The DES is a self-report screening instrument for the identification of clients at high risk for dissociative disorders, especially dissociate identity disorder.”
“Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale (PDS”
“The PDS is a 49-item self-report measure that assesses for all symptoms in the DSM-IV, Criteria A-F. The assessment is for the past nine months.”
