Lecture 59: Neuropsych Testing Flashcards

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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

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Objective personality test to identify normal personality structure and psychopathology w/ validity scales

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Rorschach Ink Blots test: type and describe set-up

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Projective personality assessment; 10 cards w/ free association and inquiry phase

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Thematic Apperception Test (TAT): type and describe set-up

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Projective personality test; subject asked to tell a dramatic story about pictures

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Sentence completion test: type and describe set-up

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Projective personality test; patient completes sentences started by an examiner (“I wish…”)

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Psychopathology rating scales/screening tools have two broad categories and examples of the later category

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Research tools; Tools with clinical utility (Beck Depression Inventory and PHQ-9/2)

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BDI particularly addresses

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Cognitive symptoms of depression (thoughts/feelings)

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Psychological Testing (def) and clinical uses (2)

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Formal assessment of emotionality, intellectual abilities, personality characteristics and psychopathology; can aid in differential dx and treatment recommendations

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Neuropsychological Testing (def)

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Formal assessment of cognitive function, behavior, functional impairment

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Goals of neuropsych testing

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  1. Dx; 2. Understand deficit and impact on fxn; 3. Measure change overtime; 4. Localization (?)
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What can neuropsych testing not do

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Answer cause of deficit

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Neuropsych measures (2)

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IQ and neurocognitive battery

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Neurocognitive battery includes (6)

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Processing speed, attention, WM, learning, problem solving, social cognition

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Mental age vs chronological age

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A person’s level of intellectual functions vs actual age

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Intelligent Quotient (IQ) definition according to age

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IQ = Mental age/ Chronological age x 100

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IQ pts for borderline intellectual functioning. IQ SD?

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70-79; 15

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VIQ includes

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Verbal comprehension and WM

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PIQ includes

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Perceptual organization and processing speed

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What’s a test used to evaluate skills for daily living in mentally retarded individuals?

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Vineland Social Maturity Scale

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Tests of executive function (3)

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Verbal fluency (name words w/ letter, category), stroop test, wisconsin card sorting test

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Wisconsin card sorting test tests…Sensitive to what brain region?

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Set-shifting; DLPFC

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What test evaluates visual memory?

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Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure Test

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How to test verbal learning/memory?

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California Verbal Learning Test

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Clinical usefulness of formal neuropsych assessment

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In absence of physical exam/imaging finding, can demonstrate whether or not a deficit exists and what it is and how it changes over time

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What is a screen for Alzheimer’s? What does it assess (6) and what does it NOT?

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Mini-Mental Status Exam: attention, calculation, orientation, STM, language, visuospatial; does NOT assess executive function

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What are the advantages of the MoCA?

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Evaluates the domains of MMSE PLUS executive functions (clock-drawing and Trails)

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Drawing tests for frontal lobe dysfunction

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Loops (cannot inhibit drawing) and alternating patterns: square, triangle (notice pattern, set shift)