Tests/scales Flashcards
Trail making test
connecting letters and numbers in order- tests executive function
Wisconsin card sorting test
-evaluates abstract reasoning and flexibility in problem solving
Thematic apperception test
tests normal personality and involves showing pictures and having pt come up with stories
-most accepted traits and motives attributed to character closest to pt age, sex appearance
- most unacceptable and unconscious to character most unlike pt
Halstead reitan battery
helps find the location of different brain lesions
MMPI
personality assessment used to find areas of psychopathological functioning
BPRS
Severity of psychosis in schizophrenia
halstead-reitan battery
used to find the location and effects of certain brain lesions
stanford-binet
intelligence test
wechsler-bellevue test
memory test
MMPI
self reported inventory to assess personality traits
bprs
schizophrenia and psychosis
depression rating scales
- carroll rating scale- self rating
- zung self rating scale- self rating
- beck depression inventory- can be self scored
- Montgomery–Åsberg scale
MMPI scales L F K
L- lie scale- socially desirable behaviors that are rarely practiced to see if they are being honest
F- infrequency scale-malingering, illiteracy, confusion, psychosis or panic
K- suppressor scale- decrease false positives and false negatives
SCID does not include what
functional impairment but this is covered in the Schedule for clinical assessment in neuropsychiatry
what does the scid cover?
- general overview, mood episodes, psychotic symptoms, psychotic disorder differential, mood disorder differential, substance use, anxiety disorder, somatic disorder, eating disorder and adjustment disorder
what does the scid cover?
- general overview, mood episodes, psychotic symptoms, psychotic disorder differential, mood disorder differential, substance use, anxiety disorder, somatic disorder, eating disorder and adjustment disorder
CAPS
clinician administered ptsd scale
PANSS
positive and negative symptom scale
- rates severity of psychosis
BPRS
brief psychiatric rating scale of psychosis
CAGE
alcohol abuse
line orientation test
useful in detecting right hemisphere disease-matching lines of same slope
boston diagnostic aphasia examination
aphasia
thematic apperception test
pt creates story based on picture they are presented with
- tells examiner about their thoughts, feelings, organziation
benton visual retention test
geometric figures for 10 seconds and then asked to draw them from memory, tests short term memory
weschler memory scale
most widely used memory test for adults
bender visual motor gestalt test
test visuomotor coordination and is useful in testing maturational levels in children
wisconsin card sorting test
assesses abstract reasoning and difficulty in problem solving
