Assessment Instruments

Question 1

Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)

Answer 1

21-item multiple-choice test used to assess the PRESENCE and DEGREE of DEPRESSION in ADOLESCENTS and ADULTS

Question 2

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

Answer 2

An objective verbal inventory designed as a personality test for the assessment of PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

Consists of 550 statements, 16 of which are repeated

Question 3

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

Answer 3

Forced-choice, self-report inventory that attempts to classify individuals along four theoretically independent dimensions (measures personality)

1st dimension: attitude toward the world
(E) extroverted -or- (I) introverted

2nd dimension: perception
(S) sensation -or- (N) intuition

3rd dimension: processing style
(T) thinking -or- (F) feeling

4th dimension:
(J) judging -vs- (P) perceiving

Question 4

Rorschach Inkblot Test

Answer 4

Client responses to inkblots are used to assess PERCEPTUAL reactions and other psychological FUNCTIONING

One of most widely used projective tests

Effective in measuring depression, anxiety, and psychosis

Designed to look for patterns of thought disorders, personality disorders, and emotional disorders

Question 5

Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

Answer 5

Designed for the testing of COGNITIVE ABILITIES

Provides verbal, performance, and full scale scores for children and adults

Question 6

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

Answer 6

Provides information on a client’s PERCEPTIONS and IMAGINATION for used in the understanding of a client’s current needs, motives, emotions, and conflicts - both conscious and unconscious

Consists of a series of pictures of ambiguous scenes in which clients are asked to make up stories concerning what is happening, what has happened, and is going to happen within the scene

Also asked to describe their thoughts and feelings throughout

Question 7

Wechsler Intelligence Scale (WISC)

Answer 7

Designed as a measure of a CHILD’s INTELLECTUAL and COGNITIVE abilities

Four index scales and a full scale score

Question 8

Mental Status Exam

Answer 8

Structured observation describing CURRENT state of mind

Focus on concept of ORIENTATION to time, place, and person

Question 9

MSE 8 Domains

Answer 9

1. Appearance
2. Orientation
3. Speech Pattern
4. Affect/Mood
5. Impulsive/Potential for Harm
6. Judgement/Insight
7. Thought Processes/Reality Testing
8. Intelligence Functioning/Memory

Question 10

Risk Assessments should examine:

Answer 10

• frequency, intensity, and duration of suicidal or violent thoughts
• access to or availability of method(s)
• ability or inability to control thoughts
• ability not to act on thoughts
• factors making a client feel better or worse
• consequences of actions
• deterrents to acting on thoughts
• whether client has been using drugs or alcohol to cope
• means a clients requires to maintain safety