Psychological Testing and Assessment: Study for CA MFT Licensing Exam

- Nonverbal measure of intelligence ideal for use with those who are cognitively delayed, disadvantaged, non-English speaking, hearing impaired, speech impaired, or autistic
- Ages 2-20

- Mental Status Exam
- A structured way of observing and describing a client's
- allows the clinician to make an accurate diagnosis and formulation
current state of mind, under the domains of appearance, attitude, behavior, mood and affect, speech, thought process, thought content, perception, cognition, insight and judgment

- Burns Anxiety Inventory
- Self or clinician administered
- Assesses for anxious feelings, anxious thoughts, and physical symptoms
- Can be used daily/weekly to keep track of anxiety levels

- Beck Depression Inventory
- Multiple choice, self-report inventory
- One of the most widely used instruments for measuring the severity of depression
- Ages 13 and over
- Most current version is BDI-II

- Children's Aperception Test
- Measures aspects of personality, including level of reality testing and judgment, control and regulation of drives, and degree of autonomy
- 10 drawings of animals and based on assumption that young children will project on them
- Ages 3-10

- Gives scores on both the 5 second-order global traits (the Big Five) which provide an overview of personality at a broader, conceptual level, as well as on the 16 more precise primary traits, which give a picture of the richness and complexity of each unique personality
- Ages 16 and over
- Parallel versions for younger ages (i.e. 16PF Adolescent Personality Questionnaire)

- Minnesota Multiphaisc Personality Inventory
- One of the most frequently used personality tests in mental health
- Used by trained professionals to assist in identifying personality structure and psychopathology
- Latest version: MMPI-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF)
- Version for adolescents: MMPI-A