Depression Inventory Summary

As a counselor to Alan I would used the following 5 assessments. I would use either Beck Depression Inventory or/both Hamilton Depression Inventory to look at the client’s depression. Alan admits to “being mildly depressed but insists, its not something I cant handle”. I think I would used the depression inventory to see where he would fall on the scale of his depression and then see how we can work with Alan. Though the client is well aware of the amount of alcohol or drug he uses. I would still apply both the Alcohol Use Inventory and the Substance Abuse subtle screening inventory. I think once we can show Alan how much alcohol and marijuana is affecting his life and how it will continue to affects his life. After we assess both his depression

Two ethical issues associated with psychological testing are confidentiality and informed consent. Confidentiality deals with keeping the patient or examinees information confidential and private. Leaking the examinee or patient’s personal information is a violation of what constitutes ethical practice because

In my Journal Article they are seeing if depression is linked to Chronic Heart Failure and whether or not the Beck Depression Inventory Test Is a reliable test to administer. Results have been said that the Beck Depression Inventory Test is a reliable instrument to assess depression in not only an individual but also in a patient with Chronic Heart Failure. Depression is something that can be a great risk factor when dealing with patients that have Chronic Heart Failure. Types of symptoms that have been said to be assimilated with depression and Chronic Heart Failure are: insomnia, anorexia, sexual impairment, and fatigue. It has been said that ranges can be between thirty one and-fifty one percent in these types of patients. A person with

The purpose and limits of confidentiality were explained to Mrs. Smith in the initial clinical interview. Mrs. Smith was informed that the examiner would be under the direct supervision of Dr. Shefali Gandhi, Psy.D. Mrs. Smith was informed that she would receive a copy of the finalized report, and the findings would be discussed in a feedback session. Mrs. Smith signed consent forms indicating that she understood the limits of confidentiality and agreed to psychological testing.

Federal Law states that all researchers must complete training on protection of research subjects in order to conduct testing on human participants. Each investigator completed the Protecting of Human Research Participant training provided through NIH Office of Extramural Research.

Psychology became popular after the psychological testing that was conducted after World War I. Unfortunately many unqualified individuals were claiming to be able to deliver psychological services. While the APA attempted to put a resolution in place stating that only trained professionals would be allowed to administer the psychological testing. There were no clear guidelines to what made a professional “qualified” and many individuals did not belong to

The Depression HelpBook Let’s list all the unknown words. gloomy and irritable down in the dumps sorrow, dejection, despair, or irritability persist, or worsen, and begin to interfere depressive episode traumatic event antidepressant medication Psychotherapy bear in mind Dysthymia exuberant phases euphoria impulsive Left untreated vulnerable Let’s make a random story by using all of these words. Feeling gloomy and irritable, he is down in the dumps. Bear in mind that he has to take antidepressant medication or receive psychotherapy, otherwise his Dysthymia will become severe.

In the article written by Benjamin Herold, he compares the online test to the paper pencil test that some districts chose. He notes, “A mounting body of evidence suggests that some students tend to do worse on computer-­based versions of an exam, for reasons that have more to do with their familiarity with technology than with their academic knowledge and skills.” Getting students prepared for the online assessments is one of the biggest challenges to administrators. As an educator, I have seen first hand what Herold is talking about. Herold states, “All children don’t have the same access to technology at home and in school, nor do their teachers use technology in the classroom in the same ways, even when it is present.” My students do not spend a much time in the computer lab because my building only has two labs. The schedule fills up very quickly. The students do not receive any training when it comes to technology. It is expected that children have a solid knowledge of technology because of all the technology they have at home. Confirming what Herold is writing about.

I hypothesize that these findings can be translated to show similar methods of teaching and assessment cause increased performance as well. If students of any level of education are taught through computer-based educational resources then they are assessed with a computerized test, they will perform at a higher level than if they were assessed through pencil and paper.

The Beck Depression also is known as(BDI) is a series of questions developed to measure the intensity, severity, and depth of depression in patients with psychiatric diagnoses. The inventory contains 21 questions rated from 0 to 3 by the taker with the possible score of 63 points. The questions are experience related to depression such as ¨unhappy” or ¨melancholia”. Beck Depression Inventory can be used at any age. Itś a useful method to test your level of depression. There are split into 6 categories to identify where you stand when taking the test. The three categories are these ups and downs are considered normal, Mild mood disturbance, Borderline clinical depression, moderate depression, severe depression, and extreme depression.

This learner just started seeing this client. He has been coming to therapy because of anxiety problems that he has been dealing with on a normal basis. He has been talking about cutting himself. Since his thoughts are worrying him, the counselor asked me what assessment that could be considered to give this client.

Gender bias in assessment can be seen within the whole of a population or even more specifically between races and culture. Many studies today provide data showing that women tend to be diagnosed almost twice as frequently than men for depression (Santor, Ramsay, & Zuroff, 1994). This fact makes it all the more imperative to confirm as minimal gender bias as possible in an assessment in order to ensure validity in diagnosis’ opposed to disadvantages towards one sex or the other. Out of the three biases that were analyzed concerning the BDH-II, gender alone showed hints of item bias. A study that was conducted broke down the individual items of BDH-II assessment and compared response option weights between genders in order to decipher if there was a disadvantaging bias in any of the items. The results of Santor et al. (1994) showed, “three items were identified to demonstrate a small degree of bias, namely Items 6 (sense of punishment), 10 (crying), and 14 (distortion of body image)” (p.261). Sense of punishment was rated higher in men, while crying and distortion of body image seemed more prevalent in women. As a result of these findings, though minimal in significance levels, prove necessary to further evaluate the BDH-II for bias pertaining to gender. Findings from this study in no way discredit the BDI as a measure of depression, but researchers do suggest that some options for improvement would be

Carlos, is a 32 year old Latino, who has numerous presenting symptoms that implicate he’s suffering from major depressive disorder. For the last six months the factors triggering his depression appear to have elicited more. During his assessment, Carlos mentioned he lost his brother a year ago, felt unhappy, and considers taking his life away. The last few weeks these feelings have increased in him frequently. Many people like Carlos that share a traumatic loss of family members exhibit symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, difficulty sleeping, concentrating, anxiety, aggression, and depression (Lesser & Pope, 2011). There are several things that have led Carlos to feel this way like living beneath his accustomed standards,

According to Enoch Morrison, even if computers are a great help to the students' examination, there are some people who are still not used to using it for taking tests. There are advantages and disadvantages when using it. For example, its advantage may be the test could be arranged by the professor or teacher according to its difficulty like starting off an easy one in the first question, then it will get difficult by the time the test go to the last question as it will save time and the student won't get anxious or stressed. Another one that computer based testing is useful or helpful for correcting grammars, checking the spelling, determining if there is wrong in the structure or placement of the sentence. One of its disadvantage is how students get their answers for the exams, it could be from the internet or advanced software tools.

Computers have been used by teachers to develop test. Computers also generate score reports and evaluate both test takers and score users as soon as the test is completed in case of automated scoring, or within a week or two in case of manual scoring. When the number of test takers and the number of tasks become large, manual procedures become not only tedious but also more error prone. The role of computers in testing enables us to relate current developments in the field to what has preceded