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Other tests available by request. For over 50 years, the Shipley Institute of Living Scale has measured both vocabulary (an index of prior learning that is not easily affected by organicity) and verbal abstract reasoning (a measure of present information processing that is sensitive to organic damage). Because of this, the Shipley can help assess organic brain damage, as well as detect possible learning disorders. Shipley information is vital for determining treatment needs, as well as a client's potential for benefiting from verbal interventions. Abstract verbal reasoning is important for problem solving and social comprehension/judgment. The Matrix Reasoning subtest of the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale - 111, "the standard" measure of intellectual functioning, was included to assess non-verbal reasoning. Progressive matrices are culture and language-free measures of visual abstraction. Nonverbal intelligence tests are important for determining intelligence in individuals for whom English is a second language and for those who have problems with reading or verbal processing. Discrepancies between verbal and nonverbal functioning may indicate organicity and provide important information for vocational planning. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - 2 is the most commonly used psychological test and the standard measure of psychopathology. Its many subscales not only clarify psychiatric disorders, but also provide important information on a wide range of psychological functioning. The Personality Assessment Inventory is a standard measure of psychopathology.that an help to clarify psychiatric disorders. The Million Clinical Multiaxial Inventory - III recently celebrated its 20th anniversary and is the second most widely used psychological test. Not only does the MCMI evaluate mental health problems, but also, more importantly, it determines underlying personality patterns that are essential for understanding and effectively treating clients. The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory - 3 was designed to detect addiction even in resistant clients. Based on empirical data, it not only measures reported substance use, but also detects personality and social system characteristics that research has shown to be disproportionately present in addicted individuals, including subtle characteristics that are not easily predicted and so are harder to fake. Levels of present exposure to systems that use alcohol, as well as Adult Child of Alcoholic features, are identified by the SASSI. As potential dangerousness is often a key referral question, the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory - 2 was included to identify anger and anger control factors. The STAXI-2 quantities present and long term anger levels and investigates how individuals cope with and control anger. While newly renormed for both adolescents and adults, for years the Jesness Inventory has been a benchmark measure of criminal characteristics and the motivations behind criminal behavior. The Jesness Inventory assesses characteristics common to offenders, such as social immaturity, knowledge of social rules, asocial values, and level of authority conflict. Most importantly, the Jesness Inventory suggests potential underlying reasons behind criminal behavior. Since 1974 the Derogatis Sexual Functioning Inventory has been used to measure normal sexual functioning to evaluate normal sex drive and fantasy, fund of sexual information, range of sexual experience, sexual and body satisfaction and attitudes toward sex. The Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers (POSIT) was developed at NIADA to serve as an initial screen to determine areas of potential Risk. A self-report, it helps evaluate potential for risk behaviors in 10 areas including Substance Use, Physical Health, Mental Health, Family Relationships, Peer Relationships, Education, Vocation, Social Skills, Leisure Skills and Aggression. The Personality Inventory for Children is one of the most comprehensive and valid observer ratings scales to evaluate 13 vital aspects of psychiatric, cognitive, social and behavioral functioning in children under 13. The Personality Inventory for Youth is self-report measure that evaluates a child’s perception of their functioning in many of the same areas as the PIC among children 8 - 13. The Personality Adjective Checklist can be completed either by the patient or outside raters. Results can be used to summarize the personality characteristics of both adults and children. Taken together, these tests provide a powerful initial assessment that has direct implications for optimal treatment planning and client supervision. Instead of separately evaluating each test, results are integrated allowing clinicians /correctional professionals to consider their client's total clinical picture, since different test findings can interact with and modify one another. Based on test results, PSYCH SCREEN reports suggest a variety of possible diagnoses and treatment/supervision alternatives for you to consider in light of your client's history and clinical presentation. |
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