SP E C I A L T Y M E A S U R E

: CL EN UA R, FA TIMA . LPT
PREPARED BY
TEN MOST FREQUENTLY UTILIZED PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST

WESCHLER INTELLIGENCE SCALES

MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY (MMPI)
RORSCHACH
BENDER-GESTALT
THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST (TAT)
TEN MOST FREQUENTLY UTILIZED PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST

OTHER PROJECTIVE DRAWINGS (E.G., HOUSE TREE PERSON)

WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE (WMS)
BECK DEPRESSION SCALE
 MILLON CLINICAL MULTIAXIAL INVENTORIES (MCMI)
CALIFORNIA PERSONALITY INVENTORY (CPI)
 TEST TEST CHARACTERISTICS STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES LENGTH,SCORING
OPTIONS & TEST TAKING
TIME
 Millon Clinical What it measures: Has scale Strong research and Designed for and 175 items, 25 scales, 3
Multiaxial based on DSM-IV theoretical base, normed on psychiatric validity measures, critical
diagnostic criteria for affective scales are keyed to patients, not pain
Inventory, 3rd items, 25-30 minutes,
disorder, personality disorders, DSM IV diagnostic patients. May
edition criteria. Strength is over-pathologize computerized scoring
psychotic disorders,
somatization and others. the differential medical patients.
diagnosis of Unusually
Uses: Useful for patients personality disorder. high item overlap results
undergoing a more Standardize audio in highly interrelated
comprehensive psychological tape administration scales, uses base rate
assessment. Especially useful for persons with scores which cannot
for the differential diagnosis of literacy or reading generate percentile
personality disorders. problems, ranks.
computerized
administration.
 TEST TEST CHARACTERISTICS
 Minnesota What it measures: Original
Multiphasic scale constructs, such as
Personality hysteria and psychasthenia are
Inventory- 2nd archaic but continue to be
edition ™
useful. Newer content scales
include depression, anxiety,
health concerns, bizarre
mentation, social discomfort, low
self-esteem.
Uses: Useful for patients
undergoing a more
comprehensive psychological
assessment. Designed for
assessment of psychiatric
patients, not pain
patients, but commonly used in
chronic pain and presurgical
assessment. Especially useful
for the assessment of
exaggerating or minimizing
symptoms.
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES LENGTH,SCORING OPTIONS
& TEST TAKING TIME
Extremely strong Originally designed for 567 items, 100+ scales and
research basis, with both assessing psychiatric indices, critical items, 60-90
strengths and patients, not medical Minutes, computerized scoring
weaknesses in pain patients. Scales
and report, hand scoring.
assessment being well may over-pathologize pain
documented. or rehabilitation patients.
Normed on community
sample but contains some
chronic pain data in the
interpretive report. Length
can be prohibitive, full
computerized report is
complicated, yet many
pain patients receive
similar profiles. It takes
considerable experience
to interpret correctly.
 TEST TEST CHARACTERISTICS
 Beck What it measures: Depression
Depression
Inventory-2nd Uses: Intended as a brief measure
edition of depression, useful as a screen
or as one test in a more
comprehensive evaluation. Serial
administration may be used to
assess changes in depression, or
as an outcome measure.
Benefits: Can identify patients
needing referral for
further assessment and treatment
for depression.
Repeated administrations can
track progress in
treatment for depression.
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES LENGTH,SCORING OPTIONS
& TEST TAKING TIME
Well-known, well- Limited to assessment of 21 items, 1 scale, no validity
researched, keyed to depression, easily faked. measures. 5 minutes, hand
DSM-IV criteria, brief, Scale is unable to identify scoring, computerized scoring
appropriate for ages 13- a non-depressed state,
and report.
80. and is thus very prone to
false positive findings.
Should not be used as a
stand-alone measure,
especially when
secondary gain is present.