Psychometric and Neuropsychologic Testing
What is the best psychologic test to use for assessing possible malingering?
Arguably, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), since it has a built-in test detecting inconsistent responses.
A patient scores very low in WAIS-R subtests for picture arrangement and block design as compared to other subtests. What does this result suggest?
WAIS-R: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—Revised, developed by David Wechsler, a Romanian American psychologist;
A disproportionately low score in picture arrangement and block design implies a lesion in the nondominant hemisphere.
What are SCID and MINI?
SCID: The Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IV;
A semistructured interview that applies DSM-IV criteria;
Administered by a clinician, is time-consuming, and is therefore used only in research;
Arguably the most reliable instrument for diagnosing psychiatric disorders.
MINI: The Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview;
Similar to SCID but more compact and demands only yes/no answers rather than those shown on a numerical scale.
What does the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-II assess?
It measures personality styles, expressed concerns, and behavioral correlates.
What is the Bender Gestalt Test?
Also known as the Bender Gestalt Visual-Motor Test.
Assesses visuomotor integration and visual construction.
Originally designed to measure maturational levels in children, the test may also suggest some deficiency in construction ability.
Signs of brain damage on the Bender Gestalt Test include visual neglect, rotation of designs, perseveration, and distorted designs.
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