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Tests are designed to measure specific aspects of people's intelligence, thinking, or personality. Psychological testing is now mandated in a number of medical conditions pursuant to approval by Medicare or Workmens' Compensation. Psychological testing should always only be one part of the evidence to support a hypotheses of disordered thinking. Clinical Interviews, by skilled clinicians, should be a primary focus with psychological testing used for substantiation through more objective data.

 Types of Tests

Objective Tests
MMPI-2 - Table 5.1-2
    Validity Scales LFK
    Clinical Scales -1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0
    Research Scales - Anxiety, Repression ,Ego Strength, McAndrews

Case Study - Normal, Psychopathology, Chronic Pain

FIROB
Inclusion, Control, Affection
    Expressed & Wanted

Class Example

BDI; 16PF; Myers-Briggs

Projective Tests
    Rorschach (Plate 1)
   Interpretation (page 197)

TAT (12F); CAT; Holtzman

Intelligence Tests
Table 5.1-1

Classification of Intelligence by IQ Range

WAIS III
Best standardized and most widely used

Stanford Binet; Slosson
Figure 5.1-1 / Table 5.1-1

Neuropsychological Assessment
WMS III; Benton Visual Retention Test; California Verbal Learning Test; Cognistat; Neuropsychological Impairment Scale; Bender Gestalt;

Galveston Hyperthermia Study

Dementia

Characterized by multiple cognitive defects that include impairment in memory.
Disorders That May Produce Dementia
Table 10.2-1
Alzheimer's disease
Vascular dementia
Drugs & Toxins
Intracranial masses
Anoxia
Trauma
Neurodegenerative disorders
Infections
Nutritional disorders
Metabolic disorders
Chronic inflammatory disorders

Folstein Mini Mental Status Examination

Galveston Orientation & Amnesia Test

Glasgow Coma Scale

Major Clinical Features differentiating Pseudodementia from Dementia
Table 10.3-14

 Chapter 11

Altered the nature of health care throughout the world.
At least 50 percent of patients have neuropsychiatric complications.
AIDS results from HIV infection.
HIV is a retrovirus related to the human T-cell luekemia viruses (HTLV) and to retroviruses that infect animals, including non-human primates.
The chance of becoming infected after a single exposure to an HIV-infected person is relatively low: 0.8 percent to 3.2 percent for unprotected vaginal sex, 0.32 percent after puncture with an HIV-contaminated needle, and 0.67% after using a contaminated needle to inject drugs.

Psychiatric Syndromes

Dementia
Delirium
Anxiety Disorders
Adjustment Disorder
Depressive Disorders
Substance Abuse
Suicide
Worried Well

Safe-Sex Guidelines Table 11-1
Table 11-2 CDC Guidelines for the Prevention of HIV Transmission from Infected to Uninfected

Chapter 6 (Page 206)

Theories of Personality (Foundation of Modern Psychology)
Freud/Psychoanalysis/Psychodynamic
Defense Mechanisms (page 220, Table 6.1-2)

Selected Narcissistic Defenses

Denial
Distortion
Blocking
Hypochondriasis
Introjection
Passive-aggressive behavior
Regression
Somatization
Displacement
Externalization
Inhibition
Intellectualization
Isolation
Rationalization
Dissociation
Reaction formation
Repression
Sexualization

Mature Defenses
Altruism
Anticipation
Asceticism
Humor
Sublimation
Suppression

Erik Erikson's Stages of the Life Cycle (page 235)

Basic Trust Versus Basic Mistrust (Birth to about 1 Year)
Autonomy Versus Shame and Doubt (About 1 to 3 Years)
Stage 3: Initiative Versus Guilt (3 to 5 years)
Stage 4: Industry Versus Inferiority (6 to 11 years)
Stage 5: IdentityVersus Role Diffusion (11 Years through the end of Adolescence
Stage 6: Intimacy Versus Self-Absorption or Isolation (21 to 40 Years)
Stage 7: Generativity Versus Stagnation (40 to 65 Years)
Stage 8: Integrity Versus Despair and Isolation.