Assessment Tools (137) Flashcards
(139 cards)
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Beck Anxiety Inventory
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The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was developed by
Aaron Beck as part of the Beck Scales to assist the
clinician in making balanced and reliable assessments of
patients. Test results are useful as a first step in
detecting and proper treatment of an affective disorder.
The Beck Anxiety Inventory gauges the severity of
patient anxiety. It was intended to help differentiate
between anxiety and depression by measuring anxiety
symptoms shared minimally with those of depression.
The test addresses physiological as well as cognitive
elements of anxiety with a 21 question tool addressingsubjective, somatic, or panic-related symptoms
Distinguishes between anxious and non-anxious groups in a variety of clinical settings and is appropriate for use with all adult mental health populations
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Beck Depression Inventory
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Assesses depression and, in conjunction with the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), gauges the likelihood of suicide
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Beck Hopelessness Scale
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Developed in conjunction with the Beck Depression Scale to gauge the likelihood of suicide in adult and adolescent clients of 17 years of age or older
Builds on the Beck Depression Scale as a means of evaluating hopelessness and suicidal ideation in depressed clients
Made up of 20 true/false questions that either confirm or deny pessimistic or optimistic statements
Should not be used in and of itself as a means of identifying potentially suicidal potential but should be part of a comprehensive clinical examination
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Bender Visual-Motor Visual Gestalt Test
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10-minute test used to investigate the measurement of the perpetual motor and cognitive development in minors over the age of 4
Consists of different designs that the subject copies onto a blank piece of paper
Normally used on all different cases including those of the mentally-challenged, psychotic and normal nature in educational, researching, and clinical surroundings
Results provide information regarding a subject’s development and neuropsychological functioning; not intended to be used as a full neuropsychological exam
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Acceptance and Action Questionnaire for Substance Abuse (AAQ-SA)
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Measures psychological flexibility (construct referenced in acceptance & commitment therapy) in the context of substance abuse
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Addiction Counseling Self-Efficacy Scale (ACSES)
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32-item scale which assesses aspects of addiction counselors’ perceived self-efficacy for working with clients in the areas of:
(a) specific addiction counseling skills
(b) assessment, treatment planning, and referral skills
(c) co-occurring disorders skills
(d) group counseling skills
(e) basic counseling skills
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Addiction Research Center Inventory (ARCI)
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Standardized questionnaire used for assessing subjective effects of psychoactive drugs
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Addiction Severity Index (ASI)
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Semi structured interview designed to provide data regarding aspects of the life of clients that may contribute to their substance-abuse problems
Provides a general overview of substance-abuse problems
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ADE Needs Assessment
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130-question, comprehensive, adult assessment tool that addresses life stress, attitude and emotional stability, criminal history and alcohol/drug use
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Admission and Discharge Criteria and Assessment Tools (ADAT)
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Comprehensive approach to establishing an initial treatment plan which identifies the most appropriate level and intensity of care for a client entering addictions treatment system (or whether the client is ready for discharge).
The Admission criteria, in particular, use the results of the Assessment Tools to this end.
The Assessment Tools component is a suite of clinical assessment tools to be used by professionals to identify a client’s strengths and needs in seven areas.
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Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD)
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Assesses substance use and other life problems, to assist with treatment planning, and to assess changes in life problem areas and severity over time
A 150-item structured interview that looks at the following content areas:
- Medical status
- Drug and alcohol use
- Legal status
- Family background and problems
- School/employment
- Social activities and peer relations
- Psychological status
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Adolescent Problem Severity Index (APSI)
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Semi-structured interview used to assist juvenile probation officers in identifying, documenting, and responding to drug and alcohol abuse and problems.
Includes a general information section that addresses the reason for the assessment and the referral source, as well as the adolescent’s understanding of the reason for the interview
Additional sections include drug/alcohol use, family relationships, education/work, legal, medical, psycho/social adjustment, and personal relationships
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Alcohol Use Inventory (AUI)
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Explores how individuals use alcohol, secondary gains from use, consequences of drinking and the client’s concern that they are using alcohol
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Areas in Need of Help Questionnaire (ANH)
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Measures the participant’s average ratings of the extent to which they feel they have experienced problems across 10 life areas:
- Alcohol use
- Illicit drug use
- Physical health
- Psychological-emotional issues
- Partner-child relationships
- Relationships with parents
- Relationships with friends or others
- Finances
- Legal issues
- Housing
Also assesses current need for help in these areas
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Assessment of Recovery Capital (ARC)
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Uses 50 items to assess recovery strengths:
- Substance use and sobriety
- Global psychological health
- Global physical health
- Citizenship and community involvement
- Social support
- Meaningful activities
- Housing and safety,
- Risk-taking
- Coping and life functioning
- Recovery experience
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Barriers to Treatment Inventory (BTI)
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Used by substance abusers and assessment staff as a useful tool for helping identify barriers to treatment entry
Contains items drawn from the extensive literature on barriers to treatment and from items found in the Allen Barriers to Treatment Instrument (ABTI), as well as other barrier lists
Discussion of the results from this assessment may improve the likelihood that barriers are successfully resolved and that linkage occurs (by increasing linkage rates, programs conduct fewer assessments that do not result in successful follow-through)
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Barriers to Treatment Inventory (BTI)
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Used by substance abusers and assessment staff as a useful tool for helping identify barriers to treatment entry
Contains items drawn from the extensive literature on barriers to treatment and from items found in the Allen Barriers to Treatment Instrument (ABTI), as well as other barrier lists
Discussion of the results from this assessment may improve the likelihood that barriers are successfully resolved and that linkage occurs (by increasing linkage rates, programs conduct fewer assessments that do not result in successful follow-through)
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Behaviors and Experiences Inventory (BEI)
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A structured set of 50 questions designed to elicit information about behaviors and experiences before age 15 and after age 18
Questions cover reading issues, a history of sexual, physical, and emotional victimization, and indications of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Conduct Disorder, and Antisocial Personality Disorder
Intended for use in the evaluation of individuals where behavioral problems and a history of victimization may be likely
Designed for use with individuals who are being evaluated for clinical services after having been arrested or upon release from correctional facilities
Not a comprehensive assessment for these conditions and experiences but is intended as a screening tool to alert clinicians to issues in these areas
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Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI)
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Designed for conducting empirical research on psychological androgyny
Also used for workshops and counseling on gender awareness
Contains 60 personality characteristics:
- 20 are stereotypically feminine (e.g., affectionate, gentle, understanding, sensitive to the needs of others)
- 20 are stereotypically masculine (e.g., ambitious, self-reliant, independent, assertive)
- 20 are filler items (e.g., truthful, happy, conceited)
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Blood-Borne Virus Transmission Risk Assessment Questionnaire (BBV-TRAQ)
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Assesses the frequency with which injecting drug users (IDUs) have participated in specific injecting, sexual and other risk practices in the previous month that may expose them to blood-borne viruses
Consists of 34 questions that measure the frequency of current injecting risk behaviors (20 questions), sexual risk behaviors (8 questions) and other skin penetration risk behaviors (6 questions)
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Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)
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Frequently utilized test used to calculate psychotic and non-psychotic symptoms in people with major psychiatric disorders
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Broset Violence Checklist (BVC)
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Short checklist that assesses the risk of violence in the next 24 hours
Rater scores the presence or absence of confusion, irritability, boisterousness, physically threatening, verbally threatening, attacking objects
Designed for nurses in a psychiatric inpatient setting
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California Psychotherapy Alliance Scale (CALPAS)
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Draws from a variety of perspectives, including Freud’s concept of the client’s affective bond with the therapist, the client’s ego capacity for a working alliance, mutual agreement on tasks and goals, and the therapist’s role as an empathic listener
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Carroll Depression Scale (CDS-R, CRS)
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Created to assess the degree of depression in adults.
Assesses baseline symptoms of depression and can evaluate response to treatment over a specific time period
Sample questions are: “I feel just as energetic as always” and “I am losing weight”, with the client choosing “yes’ or “no” in all cases.
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Chemical Dependency Assessment Profile (CDAP)
Self-report questionnaire that evaluates alcohol use, use of other drugs, and polydrug abuse
Profile assesses chemical use history, patterns of use, use beliefs and expectancies, use symptoms, self-concept, and interpersonal relations
Measures frequency/quantity of use, physiological symptoms, situational stressors, antisocial behavior, interpersonal skill, affective dysfunction, attitude toward treatment, and degree of life impact
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Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS)
Assesses degree of impairment in functioning in children and adolescents secondary to emotional, behavioral, or substance use problems
Measures several dimensions of functioning:
For youth - school, home, community, behavior toward others, moods/emotions, self-harmful behavior, substance use, and thinking problems
For caregivers - material needs and family/social support
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Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ)
Standardized, retrospective 28-item self-report inventory that measures the severity of different types of childhood trauma:
- Emotional Abuse
- Physical Abuse
- Sexual Abuse
- Emotional Neglect
- Physical Neglect
Also includes a three-item Minimization/Denial scale indicating the potential underreporting of maltreatment
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Chronic Illness Problem Inventory (CIPI)
Helps to document accurately client's specific problems in areas of physical limitations, psychosocial functioning, sleep, eating, health care behaviors, and marital adjustment
Respondents rate each item as to how strongly it applies to them, including such things as:
- "I have difficulty falling asleep"
- "I have some financial worries"
- "I need to use too many medications"
- "I am afraid I may become or am already dependent on medications"
- "I have difficulty doing household chores"
- "I feel doctors have not taken my problems seriously"
- "No treatment has ever helped my problem"
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Cigarette Withdrawal Scale (CWS-21)
Measure of cigarette withdrawal symptoms
Subscales cover the main components of nicotine or tobacco withdrawal:
- Depression-anxiety
- Craving
- Irritability-impatience
- Appetite
- Weight gain
- Insomnia
- Difficulty concentrating
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Clinical Exit Survey
Assesses professional clinical staff's attitudes and perceptions of participating in research within their clinic setting
Brief, self-administered, paper-and-pencil survey contains an initial set of questions about:
- Demographics
- Clinic role (e.g., "What do you perceive as your primary job at the clinic?")
- Research study role (i.e., direct (counselor, supervisor vs. no direct role)
- Prior experience delivering HIV/STD prevention or counseling
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Clinician and Supervisor Survey (CSS)
Developed as part of a NIDA National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network protocol to obtain information on:
- Demographics
- Levels of experience
- Education and credentials
- Personal recovery
- Counseling orientation
- Previous MET/MI training
- Beliefs about treatment, clients, and the recovery process
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Cocaine Craving Questionnaire-Brief (CCQ-Brief)
Measures a client's desire to use cocaine
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Cocaine Effect Expectancy Questionnaire (CEEQ)
Consists of a series of items describing the effects of cocaine on which subjects are asked to rate their agreement or disagreement, according to their own experiences
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Cocaine Selective Severity Assessment (CSSA)
Clinician-administered instrument that measures early cocaine abstinence signs and symptoms
18 items on assessment were primarily drawn from symptoms commonly reported in the literature as being associated with early cocaine abstinence, including depression, fatigue, anhedonia, anxiety, irritability, sleep disturbance, and inability to concentrate
Items also address additional symptoms such as paranoia, carbohydrate craving, bradycardia, and suicidality
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Commitment to Change Algorithm (CA)
A simple assessment tool used to determine a client's stage of change
Classifies clients into one of five stages of change (precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, or maintenance), based on recent drinking or drug use, reported intention to change, and recent quit-change attempts
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Comprehensive Addictions and Psychological Evaluation (CAAPE)
A comprehensive diagnostic assessment interview providing documentation for substance-specific abuse or dependence diagnoses based on DSM criteria
Covers mental health conditions likely to impact recovery from substance abuse or dependence, including:
- Substance-specific dependence and abuse
- Depression
- Mania
- Panic/anxiety
- PTSD
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Psychosis
- Personality disorders
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Comprehensive Marijuana Motives Questionnaire (CMMQ)
A 36-item measure of the motives for marijuana use by young adults
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Conflict Tactics Scales: Parent-Child Version
Used to evaluate child maltreatment and parent-to-child violence within families
35 items, mostly focusing on the respondent's behavior with his or her child, and several inquiring about the parent's own experiences as a child
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Connors Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS)
Contains both self-report and observer forms, providing a balanced, multimodal assessment of adult ADHD symptoms at home, at work, and in peer interaction
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Co-Occurring Disorders Screening Instrument (CODSI)
Term
Designed to screen for mental disorder among prison inmates with a history of substance abuse
Designed to screen for mental disorder among prison inmates with a history of substance abuse
Useful tool to distinguish both men and women in need of further psychiatric assessment and specialized psychiatric services
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Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms-62 (CCAPS-62)
Assesses a broad range of symptoms and functional domains that are salient among college students
Subscales:
- Depression
- Eating Concerns
- Substance Use
- General Anxiety
- Hostility
- Social Anxiety
- Family Distress
- Academic Distress
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Covi Anxiety Scale
Measures the severity of anxiety symptoms in clients
Frequently paired with the Hamilton Scale for Anxiety (HAM-A) which is more comprehensive in nature
Useful in distinguishing between individuals with depressive symptoms and those with anxiety symptoms with relative accuracy
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Denial Rating Scale (DRS)
Based upon the assumption that alcoholism is a disease and that denial is a stable, but changeable mind state, this tool is used to assess the level of denial after a brief semi-structured interview
Diagnosis of alcoholism must be made first before using this tool
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Diagnostic Interview for Gambling Severity (DIGS)
Assesses gambling involvement by using questions that require participants to indicate whether each scenario regarding their personal gambling behavior is very true, somewhat true, or false (e.g., "Have you frequently thought about ways of getting money with which to gamble?")
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Dimensions of Tobacco-Dependence Scale (DTDS)
54-item, self-report measure of tobacco dependence
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Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire-Revised (DRSEQ-R)
Assesses a person's belief in his/her ability to resist alcohol
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Drug and Drug Problems Perceptions Questionnaire (DDPPQ)
Measures mental health professionals' attitudes to working with drug users
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Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression (DASA)
Used by unit staff to assist them to assess the risk of imminent (within the next 24 hours) aggression by individuals in psychiatric hospitals and other secure settings
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Eating Disorder Belief Questionnaire (EDBQ)
Assesses self-beliefs and underlying assumptions related to eating disorders that many clients with eating issues possess
Questions focus on four factors:
(1) negative self-beliefs
(2) weight and shape as a means to acceptance by others
(3) weight and shape as a means to self-acceptance
(4) control over eating
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Eating Disorder Inventory-2
Intended to assist in diagnosing anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, but is not for use as the sole diagnostic tool for diagnosis of either disorder
Supplies additional data about the behavioral and emotional aspects of eating disorders
Asks about the subject's present and past eating habits and menstrual history
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Electronic Psychological Assessment System (e-PASS)
Internet-based comprehensive assessment program that, in addition to diagnostic assessment, measures a range of factors including:
- Socio-demographic background
- Suicide and psychosis risk
- Past and current treatment
- Preferred learning style
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Family Tree Questionnaire for Assessing Family History of Alcohol Problems (FTQ)
Brief, easily administered questionnaire which can be used to assess family history of alcohol problems and aids in determining risk for more serious alcohol problems and relapse vulnerability among those with positive family history
Provides set of cues for identifying blood relatives with alcohol problems by using a family tree diagram for relatives
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Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)
39-item measure that measures general tendency to be mindful in daily life:
- Observing
- Describing
- Acting with awareness
- Nonreactivity to inner experience
- Nonjudging of inner experience
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Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB)
Brief neuropsychological tool that detects specific executive cognitive function (ECF) impairments
Useful for the evaluation of diseases associated with frontal dysfunction such as substance use disorders
Subtests include:
- Conceptualization
- Mental flexibility
- Motor programming - Sensitivity to interference
- Inhibitory control
- Environmental autonomy
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Functional Assessment Interview (FAI)
Goals of this assessment are to develop an in-depth understanding of the client's adjustment across a broad range of life domains and to gather specific information about the client's substance use behavior, such as patterns of use and high-risk situations
Lengthy, semi-structured interview conducted over a series of meetings with information collected from a variety of sources
Covers core topics of comprehensive assessment: background information, psychiatric illness, physical health and safety, psychosocial adjustment, and substance use
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Group Climate Questionnaire (GCQ)
Term
Assesses the members' perceptions of the affective qualities of the group as a whole
Assesses the members' perceptions of the affective qualities of the group as a whole
Provides a valid prediction of group therapy outcomes
Rates these factors:
- Engagement (the degree of cohesion and work orientation in the group)
- Avoidance (the degree to which individuals avoid responsibility for change)
- Conflict (interpersonal conflict and distrust)
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Group Engagement Measure (GEM)
Measures engagement for alcohol and other drug treatment groups
Developed for use in small groups of 3-12 members that have treatment rather than task purposes and that are closed with respect to membership
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Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery
Comprehensive evaluation of a subject's brain-behavior functioning in order to assess problems in neurocognitive function related to a number of different brain disorders
Offers clinician data to infer the nature, location and extent of physiological changes to the brain that may be responsible for impaired functioning
Evaluates elements of memory, abstract thinking, language, sensory-motor synthesis, perceptual imperfections and motor agility
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Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety
Assesses anxiety symptoms in people who have already been diagnosed with anxiety disorders
Not intended as a means of detecting or diagnosing anxiety, but is most useful in helping clinicians measure client improvement over time
Test items to be rated include:
- Anxious mood
- Tension
- Fears
- Insomnia
- Intellectual concentration
- Depressed mood
- Somatic complaints
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Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression
Used widely around the world for assessing symptoms of depression
Places a strong emphasis on somatic symptoms of depression and is most effective for clients with formidable symptoms
Places particular emphasis on somatic symptoms
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HEADSS for Adolescents (HEADSS)
Used to identify a variety of issues in adolescents' lives
Addresses domains such as:
- Home
- Education and employment
- Activities
- Drugs
- Sexuality
- Suicide/Depression
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Heroin Craving Questionnaire (HCQ-45, HCQ-14)
Designed according to five theoretically distinct conceptualizations of drug craving:
(1) desire to use
(2) intention to use
(3) anticipation of positive outcome
(4) anticipation of relief from withdrawal or dysphoria
(5) lack of control over use
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Hilson Adolescent Profile (HAP)
Assesses the presence and extent of adolescent behavior patterns and problems
Can assist mental health practitioners, school personnel, and administrators in the juvenile justice system to identify adolescents at risk
Measures alcohol and drug use as well as characteristics found in psychiatric diagnostic categories (e.g., antisocial behavior, depression) and psychosocial problems (e.g., home life conflicts)
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HIV and Abuse Related Shame Inventory (HARSI)
Assesses HIV- and sexual abuse-related shame and the impact of shame on HIV-related health behaviors
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Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES, -R)
Test items correspond to DSM symptoms of PTSD
Respondents are asked to identify a specific stressful life event and then indicate how much they were distressed or bothered during the past seven days by the difficulty
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Individual Assessment Profile (IAP)
Intake instrument used during an admissions process and designed to serve as a screening and assessment tool for individuals seeking drug treatment of all types
Covers many areas of the clients' lives, including a detailed assessment of current and historical drug use patterns
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Internal State Scale (ISS)
Brief, self-administered measure for symptoms of mania and depression in bipolar disorder
Sbscales include:
Activation (ACT), a measure of manic symptoms
Perceived conflict (PC), a measure of psychopathology
Well-being (WB), a measure of depressive symptomatology
Depression index (DI)
Global mood (GM)
ACT and WB subscales can discriminate mood states in BPD
ACT and DI correlate well with clinician measures of mania and depression
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Internet-Related Problem Scale (IRPS)
Measures the level of problems an individual is having due to his/her Internet use
20 questions based on the adapted DSM criteria for substance abuse, covering issues of tolerance, withdrawal, craving, and negative life consequences
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Inventory of Parent and per Attachment (IPPA)
Assesses adolescents' perceptions of the positive and negative affective/cognitive dimension of relationships with parents and close friends -- particularly how well these figures serve as sources of psychological security
The theoretical framework is attachment theory
Dimensions assessed:
- Degree of mutual trust
- Quality of communication
- Extent of anger and alienation
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Job and Vocational Attitude Assessment Questionnaire and Interview
Evaluates employees' work readiness following a positive test for alcohol or other drugs, after an incident involving substances, or upon completion of treatment for alcohol and other drug addictions
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Keeds Dependence Questionnaire (LDQ)
Measures substance dependence.
Measures the change in dependence and can be used to follow treatment progress and evaluate treatment outcomes
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Legal Risk Behaviors while Using Alcohol (LRBA)
Assessment of the relative frequency of incidental behaviors college students engage in while drinking alcohol that may increase or decrease their risk of encountering legal consequences
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Level of Care Index - 2R (LOCI-2R)
Comprehensive means for guiding assessments and documenting treatment placement and planning information
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Life Orientation Test - Revised (LOT-R)
Assesses trait-like optimism and pessimism via general, dispositional outcome expectancies of the respondent
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Marijuana Ladder (ML)
Measures motivation to change marijuana use in adolescents during a time of no access to marijuana (i.e. in jail/prison)
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Marijuana Motive Measure (MMM)
Assesses marijuana use motives, significant predictors of marijuana use
Specifically assesses five motives for marijuana use:
- Enhancement (to get high, e.g.)
- Coping (to forget worries, e.g.)
- Social (to be sociable, e.g.)
- Conformity (so that others don't make fun of me for not using, e.g.)
- Expansion ("I use marijuana because it helps me be more creative and original," e.g.)
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Mental Health Screening Form-III (MHSF - III)
17-item instrument designed as a mental health screening tool for clients seeking admission to substance abuse treatment programs
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Mental Representation Scale (MR)
6-item scale designed to measure the strength of mental representations in the context of smoking behavior
Mental representations = explicit and conscious cognitive processes involving thoughts, planning, anticipation, and self-awareness in regards to future actions
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Methamphetamine Experience Questionnaire (MEQ)
Provides useful information on drug use variables that contribute to paranoia commonly associated with methamphetamine use
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Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (MAST)
Questions on this test deal with the client's self-appraisal of social, vocational, and family problems associated with heavy drinking
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Million Adolescent Personality Inventory
Developed as an objective assessment of personality, expressed concerns and behavioral elements in adolescents ages 13-18
Identifies certain personal difficulties, such as peer conflicts, confusions about self, fear of academic failure
Also helps identify subjects who may have troubles in acting out, underachievement in academics and attendance issues
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Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-II (MCMI-II)
Assesses 13 personality disorders (DSM disorders) and 9 clinical syndromes (DSM) in adult clients in outpatient, inpatient, chemical dependency, and other treatment settings
Especially helpful for clinical syndromes (e.g. mood disorders), substance abuse (e.g. alcohol variants), and personality disorders (e.g. borderline)
Can be helpful during the diagnostic and treatment planning phase of alcoholism management
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Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
Brief, easily administered, quantitative measure of cognitive status in adults
Can be used to screen for cognitive impairment (such as Alzheimer's disease), estimate severity of cognitive impairment at a given point in time, follow the course of cognitive changes in an individual over time, and document an individual's response to treatment
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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescents
Assesses and evaluates personality and emotional disorders in adolescents ages 14-18
Closely parallels the MMPI-2, which is a broad-based assessment of patterns of personality, emotional, and behavioral disorders in adults
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Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)
Screening tool for bipolar disorder in a psychiatric outpatient population
Asks questions about possible symptoms and assesses family history, past diagnoses, and disease severity
Use of this tool can identify 70% of persons with bipolar disorder while eliminating the diagnosis for 90% to 100% of persons without the condition
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Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity Scale (NITI)
Derived from the Motivational Interviewing Skills Code (MISC), this cost-effective instrument evaluates clinician competence in the use of motivational interviewing
Focuses exclusively on therapist functioning
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Native American Cultural Values and Beliefs Scale (NACVBS)
12-item mental health assessment instrument that assesses three dimensions of American Indian/Alaska Native values and beliefs:
1) the importance
2) the frequency of practicing
3) the amount of distress caused by not practicing traditional values and beliefs
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NEEDS (Adult Evaluation)
Computer-assisted, 130-question, comprehensive adult substance abuse evaluation
Measures a broad range of behaviors and attitudes
Focuses on the stability of significant areas of a person's life, as well as examining past and current behavior
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Negative Alcohol Metacognitions Scale (NAMS)
Clinical assessment tool of negative metacognitive beliefs about alcohol use
Relates to two sets of metacognitive beliefs:
1. that alcohol use is uncontrollable 2. that it is harmful to cognitive functioning
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Nicotine Dependence Syndrome Scale (NDSS)
19-item multidimensional, self-report assessment of nicotine dependence
Addresses five different dimensions of nicotine dependence:
1. Drive (craving and withdrawal, and subjective compulsion to smoke)
2. Priority (preference for smoking over other reinforcers)
3. Tolerance (reduced sensitivity to the effects of smoking)
4. Continuity (regularity of smoking rate)
5. Stereotypy (invariance of smoking)
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Obsessive Compulsive Cocaine Use Scale (OCCUS)
14-item scale that measures obsessive-compulsive thoughts related to the acute craving state for cocaine-dependent individuals
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Opiate Addiction Severity Inventory (OASI)
Short instrument measuring the severity of drug dependence
Subscales:
- Physical Dependence
- Psychological Dependence
- Health Injury
- Social Function Injury
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Paradigm Developmental Model of Treatment Scale (PDMTS)
Rapid assessment scale for alcohol- or drug-abusing clients so that counselors can determine where clients are in the change process and make interventions accordingly
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Parenting Stress Index, and Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI, PSI-SF)
Term
Parent self-report, 101-item questionnaire, designed for the early identification of parenting and family characteristics that fail to promote normal development and functioning in children, children with behavioral and emotional problems, and parents who are at risk for dysfunctional parenting
Can be used with parents of children as young as one month
Focuses intervention into high-stress areas and predicts children's future psychosocial adjustment
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Parenting Stress Index, and Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI, PSI-SF)
Term
Parent self-report, 101-item questionnaire, designed for the early identification of parenting and family characteristics that fail to promote normal development and functioning in children, children with behavioral and emotional problems, and parents who are at risk for dysfunctional parenting
Can be used with parents of children as young as one month
Focuses intervention into high-stress areas and predicts children's future psychosocial adjustment
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Patient's Assessment of Own Functioning Inventory (PAOFI)
Self-report measure of cognitive concerns
Evaluate a patient's sense of his or her functional capacity in everyday activities
Subscales include:
- Memory
- Language and communication
- Use of hands
- Sensory-perception
- Higher level cognitive and intellectual functions
- Work/recreation
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Perceived Coercion Questionnaire (PCQ)
Term
Comprehensive, easily administered, and reasonably short measure of substance users' perceptions of coercion into drug and alcohol treatment arising from a number of different sources
Subscales include:
- Work
- Legal
- Family
- Health
- Finance
- Self
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Perception of Legal Pressure Questionnaire (PLP)
Assesses the presence and effect of coercive elements in mandated treatment
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Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)
Assesses psychopathological syndromes and provides information relevant for clinical diagnosis, treatment planning, and screening for psychopatholog
Uses 344 items that cover the constructs most relevant to a broad-based assessment of mental disorders, including substance abuse
Also includes a Borderline Features scale and an Antisocial Features scale
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Pleasant Activities List (PAL)
Behavioral questionnaire assessing the frequency and enjoyability of pleasant activities occurring in the natural environment of clients with substance use disorders
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Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)
Measures two primary dimensions of mood: positive and negative
Positive affect = extent to which a person feels enthusiastic, active, and alert
Negative affect = general dimension of subjective distress and unpleasable engagement; includes a variety of aversive mood states, including anger, contempt, disgust, guilt, fear, and nervousness
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Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale-Self-Report (PDS)
49-item self-report instrument designed to aid in the detection and diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Structure and content of this tool mirrors the DSM diagnostic criteria for PTSD
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Practical Adolescent Dual Diagnostic Interview (PADDI)
Comprehensive diagnostic assessment interview designed specifically for adolescents
Documents both DSM substance abuse/dependence diagnoses and major mental health conditions
Emphasizes the mental health conditions most likely to impede recovery from substance abuse or dependence
Can also be used to detect major depressive episodes, manic episodes, panic or anxiety attacks, PTSD, obsessions and compulsions, conduct disorders, paranoid personality traits, dependent personality traits, victimization (sexual, physical, emotional), or suicidal and homicidal ideation
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Profile of Mood States (POMS)
Measures six identifiable mood or affective states:
- Tension-Anxiety
- Depression-Dejection
- Anger-Hostility
- Vigor-Activity
- Fatigue-Inertia
- Confusion-Bewilderment
Can be re-administered on a weekly basis, which is long enough to detect the respondent's mood responses to his or her current life situation, but short enough to assess acute treatment effects
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Questionnaire on Smoking Urges, Brief Questionnaire on Smoking Urges (QSU, QSU-Brief)
32-item scale designed to measure cravings elicited by abstinence from cigarette smoking
Assesses:
(1) desire to smoke
(2) anticipation of positive outcomes from smoking
(3) anticipation of relief from nicotine withdrawal or from withdrawal-associated negative affect
(4) intention to smoke
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Readiness to Change Questionnaire-Treatment Version (RTCQ-TV)
15-item questionnaire useful in clinical settings for assessing motivation with regard to readiness to stop or control drinking
Can also be used to indicate the type of counseling approach in treatment planning
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Recovery Attitudes Questionnaire (RAQ-7)
Based on a conceptualization of recovery as an individual process of finding new meaning in life despite the presence of psychiatric symptoms and their consequences
Compares attitudes towards recovery in different respondent groups, e.g. clients, professionals, relatives, and the general population
Addresses the supposition that people can recover from serious mental illnesses
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Risk Behavior Survey (RAS)
Brief interviewer administered HIV risk assessment that is used to determine the risk at which the participant puts herself for contracting HIV through their drug and sexual behaviors over the last thirty days
Collects information on:
Drug use
Drug injecting
Sexual activity
Condom use
Exchange of sex for drugs, money or both
HIV-test history
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Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)
Measures state self-esteem by asking the respondents to reflect on their current feelings
110
Scale of Ethnic Experience (SEE)
32-item, self-report questionnaire that can be used across ethnic groups to self-identify their ethnicity and then respond to statements related to one's experience of ethnicity
Designed as a comprehensive multidimensional measure of the experience of ethnicity
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Screening of Dependence Scale (SDS)
Short, easily administered instrument developed to provide a brief measure of the psychological aspects of dependence experienced by users of various types of illicit drugs
Measures compulsive use
Questions relate to an individual's preoccupation and anxieties about their own drug taking, as well as feelings of impaired control over their drug use
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Self-Administered Addiction Severity Index (ASI-Self report)
Self-administered assessment of seven domains of functioning related to addiction:
Alcohol use
Drug use
Medical problems
Psychiatric symptoms
Family and social problems
Legal problems
Employment problems
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Sexual Symptom Assessment Scale (S-SAS)
Assesses compulsive sexual behavior
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Significant Other Checklist
Systematically assesses the economic, behavioral, and psychological problems encountered by family members of drug users
Areas covered include:
Relationship problems
Emotional problems
Financial difficulties
Health concerns
Involvement with legal and other government agencies
Physical abuse
Lifestyle problems
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Smoking Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (SEQ-12)
Measures the confidence of current and former smokers in their ability to abstain from smoking in high-risk situations
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State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
Test instrument to study state and trait anxiety
State anxiety = temporary
Trait anxiety = stable, chronic anxiety
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Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
Brief behavioral screening questionnaire for children and teens ages 3-16 that asks about 25 attributes, some positive and others negative.
Examines conduct problems, hyperactivity, emotional symptoms, peer problems, and prosocial behavior
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Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI-3)
Calculates the probability of substance use generating scores in dimension of defensiveness, willingness to acknowledge problems and the desire for change
119
Suicide Attempt Self-Injury Interview (SASII)
Assesses the topography, context, and intent of suicidal and other self-injurious behaviors
Looks at past behavior and is not used to predict the risk of future suicide attempts
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Teen Addiction Severity Index-Two (T-ASI-2)
Self-report that assesses the severity of substance abuse and related problems among adolescents 12-19 years of age
Examines:
- Current use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs
- Mental health service utilization
- Treatment satisfaction
- School difficulties
- Social functioning with family members and peers
- Substance use by family members and peers
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Attention problems and hyperactivity
- Defiant and risky behaviors
- Readiness for change
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Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI)
Contains 226 true/false items designed to measure dimensions of the Cloninger's model of personality
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The Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery
Developed to evaluate neurologically impaired individuals ages 15 and over
80% successful in separating brain-damaged from pseudo-neurological patients
Recommended for screening for as well as measuring neurologically damaged patients
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Time to Relapse Questionnaire (TRQ)
A self-administered questionnaire that assesses the time from the initial thought of drug use to actual use
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Treatment Seeking Scale (TSS)
Scale asks a client how influential each of 11 possible reasons were in their decision to change their alcohol or drug use
125
Twelve-Step Ambivalence Scale (TSAS)
Developed to assess components of ambivalence thought to be related to non-engagement or early dropout in 12-step programs
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University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA)
Assesses the stages of change: precontemplation, contemplation, action, and maintenance.
Can be used to assess readiness to change at the entrance to treatment
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Vineland Adaptive Behavioral Scales (VABS)
Evaluates the social and personal functioning of handicapped and non-handicapped people from birth to adulthood
Divided into four areas of behavior known as "Behavioral Domains":
Communication
Daily Living Skills
Socialization
Motor Skills
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Vineland Social Maturity Scale (VSMS
Assesses the ability of students with developmental disabilities to function socially
Assesses competencies in determining the level of mental handicap (mild/moderate/profound) and presume adaptive behavior to be the central issue in all evaluations of students with developmental handicaps
Useful for determining the level of disability, identifying skills mastered and not mastered, developing objectives, monitoring the effect of interventions, assessing progress, assessing outcomes, and evaluating programs
129
Violence Risk Screening 10 (V-RISK-10)
Brief and easy-to-use screening tool for use in short-term psychiatric settings
Two-page screen with 10 questions regarding a patient's violence, threats, substance abuse, major mental illness, personality disorder, lack of insight into illness, expressions of suspicion, lack of empathy, unrealistic planning, and future stress situation
Also includes an overall clinical evaluation for risk (low/medium/high) and clinician suggestion for follow-up
130
Weekly Self-Help Questionnaire (WSH)
Assesses the frequency of attendance at a number of self-help groups (both 12-step - e.g., AA, NA, CA, CMA, and non-12-step - e.g., Rational Recovery, Secular Organization for Sobriety) and the degree of participation in self-help activities in each of these groups
131
Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS)
Assesses for ADHD by asking adult to recall his or her childhood behavior
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Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT)
Short achievement test that assesses reading recognition, spelling, and arithmetic computation
Similar to the Peabody Individual Achievement Test in that both are short, individually administered tests and both tests cover comparable material in Reading, Spelling, and Arithmetic
Useful for comparison of achievement between various individuals, to determine learning disabilities and to compare codes with comprehension to compose and adjust learning remedial programs
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Women with Alcohol Problems
Purpose of this survey is to understand more about the difficulties and needs of women who have problems because of alcohol
Asks women a series of questions about their school history, occupational history, activities in which they have recently engaged, drinking problems they may have had, possible drug usage, sexual experiences, and possible police record
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Wyatt Adulthood Sexual Abuse Questions
Used to record information about a subject's sexual abuse history since the age of 18
For each incident/rape/rape attempt, a variety of questions are asked and recorded (on audiotape and written)
Questions include:
- Age the subject was when the incident occurred, as well as the age of the attacker
- What happened during the incident
- Whether the subject or their attacker had been drinking
- What the subject's emotional response to the attack had been,
- Whether they told anyone about the incident (and if not, why not)
- What the initial and lasting physical, emotional, and sexual effects
135
Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS)
Used to identify those who are most likely to be exhibiting markers of substance dependence with the consumption of high fat/high sugar foods
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Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)
Rates the severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), with emphasis on its ability to reflect changes in severity during treatment
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Young Adult Self Report (YASR)
Developed as a self-report extension of the Child Behavior Checklist
An individual age 18-30 rates him/herself on a range of behavior problems
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Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire (ZKPQ)
89-item scale developed to measure the dimensions that constitute the Alternate Five-Factor Model (AFFM)
Dimensions include:
- Activity-Energy
- Aggression-Hostility
- Sociability
- Neuroticism-Anxiety
- Impulsive Risk Taking
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Zung Depression Scale (SDS and DSI)
10-minute assessment tool containing 20 items and a self-rated scale for evaluating depression in adults
Asks the subject to self-rate depressive symptoms and also includes a number of somatic symptoms (sleep disturbances, weight loss, fatigue and decreased appetite)
