Psychosocial Assessments

Question 0

Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire

Answer 0

Assesses intellectual function using 9 questions.   Inaccurate responses get 1 point. Scores are as follows
0-2: intact intellectual function
3-4: mild intellectual impairment
5-7: moderate intellectual impairment
8-10: severe intellectual impairment

Question 1

Mini Mental State Exam

Answer 1

A quick screening of cognitive functioning. Assesses orientation, memory, attention, ability to write a sentence, name objects, follow verbal and written commands, and copy a complex design. Max score is 30. Score of 24 or below indicates cognitive impairment.

Question 2

Adult/Adolescent Sensory Profile (population)

Answer 2

11-65 years

Question 3

Beck Depression Inventory

Answer 3

Administered by questionnaire or interview (if necessary). Individual rates how feelings relative to 21 characteristics. Higher scores indicate higher levels of depression.

Question 4

Elder Depression Scale

Answer 4

A 30 item checklist. A score of 10-11 or higher indicates depression.

Question 5

Hamilton Depression Rating Scale

Answer 5

Measures severity of illness and changes over time. Info is gathered by interview and consultation with family, staff, and other informed individuals. Total score is used to track changes.

Question 6

Bay Area Functional Performance Evaluation (BAFPE)

Answer 6

Assesses the cognitive, affective, performance, and social interaction skills required to perform activities of daily living. Includes an interview, 5 standardized timed tasks, observation of social interaction, and perceptual motor screening. Used for adults with psychiatric, neurological, or developmental diagnoses.

Question 7

Comprehensive Occupational Therapy Evaluation Scale (COTE)

Answer 7

A structured method for observing and rating behaviors and behavioral changes in the areas of general, interpersonal, and task skills. Used for adults with acute psychiatric diagnoses.

Question 8

Activity Card Sort (ACS)

Answer 8

Used to identify a person’s level of involvement in instrumental, leisure,and social activities. Categorized by current involvement, previous involvement, and % retained. Originally developed for dementia patients.

Question 9

Activities Health Assessment

Answer 9

Focuses on time usage, patterns, and configurations of activities, roles, mad underlying skills and habits. Consists of client creating an activity configuration schedule, completing an questionnaire and being interviewed by the therapist.

Question 10

Adolescent Role Assessment

Answer 10

A semi-structured interview to assess areas of family, school performance, peer interactions, work, and occupational choice. For ages 13-17.

Question 11

Barth Time Construction (BTC)

Answer 11

Focuses on time usage, roles, and underlying skills and habits.

Question 12

COPM

Answer 12

Identifies the individual’s perception of satisfaction with performance and changes over time in the areas of self care, productivity, and leisure. Identified problems are rated. Appropriate for all ages.

Question 13

Indicators for one-to-one psychosocial intervention:

Answer 13

Refusal to attend groups, inability to tolerate group interaction, presence of behaviors that would be disruptive to the goals of the group, or issues to be addressed are only relevant to that patient.

Question 14

Indicators for group psychosocial intervention:

Answer 14

More cost effective, effective for assisting members to live in social environments, take advantage of group dynamics and therapeutic milieu