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California Psychological Inventory - CPI

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This was developed as a means to evaluate an individual’s interpersonal behavior and social interactions. It provides information concerning an individual’s character and interpersonal values and predicts how one will behave in certain social situations.

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Self-directed Search - SDS

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This is a career assessment based on the Holland codes. The test is comprised of questions related to one’s aspirations, skills, and interests in different occupations.

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Motivational Appraisal for Personal Potential - MAPP

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This is a career-testing instrument

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Dimensions of Stressful Events Rating Scale (DOSE)

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Specifically designed for children. Identifies characteristics specific to stressful/traumatic events.

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When Bad Things Happen Scale (WBTH)

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Designed for children ages 8 and older. Measures for childhood PTSD.

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Dissociative Subtype of PTSD Scale (DSPS)

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The DSPS is a 15-item measure that assesses lifetime and past-month (current) dissociative symptoms, including symptoms that meet the DSM-5 definition of the dissociative subtype of PTSD.

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Vineland Adaptive Behavioral Scales - VABS

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This instrument is used to diagnose/classify intellectual and developmental disabilities

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Peabody Individual Achievement Test - PIAT

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Individual measure of academic achievement

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Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptoms Measure

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Measures of the presence and severity of symptoms over the past two weeks

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Level 2 Cross-Cutting Symptoms Measure

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Measures the presence and severity of symptoms within pure psychiatric domains during the past seven days

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Blessed Information-Memory-Concentration Test - BIMC

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Routinely administered to patients >=55 years old but may be used whenever a screen for cognitive disability if clinically indicated, such as known history of head trauma.

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Adjective Checklist - ACL

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An assessment used to identify common psychological traits. The checklist contains adjectives that people select to describe themselves (or someone else).

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Critical Incident Stress Debriefing - CISD

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This is an intervention protocol developed specifically for dealing with traumatic events. It is a formal, highly structured, and professionally recognized process for helping those involved in a critical incident to share their experiences, vent emotions, and learn about stress reactions and symptoms.

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Life Stressor Checklist

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Looks at trauma-related events over the course of one’s life.

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Taylor Johnson Temperament Analysis - TJTA

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Assessing the influence of an individual’s personal characteristics in relationships

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Kegel Exercises

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An exercise specifically designed to strengthen your pelvic floor muscles. This can help you improve erection angle, improve erection quality, give more intense orgasm, indirectly enlarge the penis, aid in curing incontinence, and premature ejaculation.

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Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales - FACES

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Used for couples and families to assess cohesion and flexibility.

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Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale

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A medical scale used for measuring symptom severity of patients with schizophrenia

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Self-control Rating Scale - SCRS

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A measure of generalized cognitive behavioral self-control in children. Grades 3-6.

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The Vanderbilt Assessment Scale

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This 55-question assessment tool reviews symptoms of ADHD. It also looks for other conditions such as conduct disorder, oppositional-defiant disorder, anxiety, and depression

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The Child Attention Profile (CAP)

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This scale is generally filled out by teachers and tracks common ADHD symptoms.

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Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC).

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Measures behaviors and emotions. Looks for things like hyperactivity, aggression, and conduct problems. It also looks for anxiety, depression, attention and learning problems, and lack of certain essential skills. For parents, teachers, and self. Ages 2-21.

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Child Behavior Checklist/Teacher Report Form (CBCL)

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Used for ages 6-18. Looks at physical complaints, aggressive or delinquent behavior, and withdrawal.

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Conners Rating Scale

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ADHD. This is a questionnaire that asks about things like behavior, work or schoolwork, and social life. They can show how these symptoms affect things like grades, job, home life, and relationships. Ages 6-18. For teachers, parents, and children.

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7)

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This self-report questionnaire has seven questions that ask the patient to rate the frequency of anxiety behaviors on a 3-point scale. It uses scores of 5, 10, and 15 to indicate mild, moderate, and severe anxiety, respectively. This assessment tool for generalized anxiety disorder is great for quick screening and ongoing progress measurements.

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Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A)

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HAM-A has a similar structure to GAD-7, with 14 items in a self-report questionnaire. The patient answers them on a 4-point scale. Unlike GAD-7, HAM-A measures anxiety globally, rather than solely GAD.

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Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS)

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The SAS has 20 items scored on a scale of 1 to 4 based on symptom frequency with phrases like “some of the time,” “most of the time” and similar. It assesses overall anxiety levels and includes somatic symptoms.

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Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21 and DASS-42)

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DASS-21 and DASS-42 measure emotional states across depression, anxiety, and stress or tension. The DASS-21 is simply a shorter version, with 21 items instead of 42. It uses a 3-point scale.

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Revised Children’s Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS and RCADS-P)

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This in-depth test has 47 items and includes subscales for different anxiety and depression disorders and OCD. It can be administered to the child or parent. Ages 8-18.

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Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders-Parent (SCARED)

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SCARED is a child-focused assessment tool that uses a 41-item self-report format. It assesses several anxiety disorders, including symptoms related to school phobias.

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Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)

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The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) is widely used to screen for depression and to measure behavioral manifestations and severity of depression. The BDI can be used for ages 13 to 80.

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Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)

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A screener for depression in primary care settings. Measures major dimensions of depression experienced in the past week. Ages 6-older adulthood.

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Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D)

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Measures depression in individuals before, during and after treatment.

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Social Problem-Solving Inventory-Revised (SPSI-RTM)

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Self-report measure of social problem-solving strengths and weaknesses in individuals 13 years old and older.

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Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI)

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A modification of the Beck Depression Inventory for children. It assesses depression severity in children and adolescents 7 to 17 years old.

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Beck Hopelessness Scale

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The Beck Hopelessness Scale is a self-report measure for adults age 17 to 80. It assesses an individual’s negative expectations about the future.

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Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)

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A self-report measure designed to screen depressive symptoms. It takes one to five minutes to complete and roughly the same amount of time for a clinician to review the responses.

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Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)

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Designed to screen and measure depression in older adults.

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Life Satisfaction Index

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Designed to measure well-being and successful aging among adults over the age of 50

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Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST)

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Tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, amphetamines, sedatives, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids, and other drugs.

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Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)

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The AUDIT is a 10 item tool that screens adults and adolescents for problem alcohol use and is optimally self-administered by clients.

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CAGE

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The CAGE is a 4 item tool that screens adults and adolescents for problem alcohol use and is optimally self-administered by clients.

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Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10)

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The DAST-10 is a 10 item tool that screens adults for multiple drugs including cannabis, cocaine, heroin, narcotic pain medications, sedatives, and stimulants.

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Rapid Opioid Dependence Screen (RODS)

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The RODS is an 8 item tool that screens adults for opioid use.

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Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Symptoms Screener (SAMISS)

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Screens adults for alcohol and drugs.

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Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription Medication, and Other Substance Use Tools (TAPS-1, TAPS-2)

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TAPS-1 screens for tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs, and non-medical use of prescription drugs. A positive TAPS-1 screening should be followed by the administration of TAPS-2, a substance-specific assessment.

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Brief Screener for Alcohol, Tobacco, and other Drugs (BSTAD)

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Consists of frequency of use questions to identify risky substance use by adolescent patients ages 12-17

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Rapid Alcohol Problems Screen (RAPS)

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A screening tool used to identify potential alcohol problems in individuals. It’s used by healthcare providers to assess if someone’s drinking habits could be harmful.

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Adult Substance Use Survey (ASUS)

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Self-report survey designed to assess an
individual’s perceived alcohol and other drug use. This survey also provides a brief mental health screen by including questions that might indicate problems of emotional or mood adjustment.

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Brief Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (BMAST)

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A brief, self-report questionnaire to aid in identifying alcoholism and/or alcohol abuse. Offers questions regarding family and work life that can provide additional context for an individual’s situation.