Assessment Tools

ASSESSMENT TOOLS

ADD/ADHD

According to American Family Physician, the most commonly used self-report questionnaires for assessing ADHD in adults are:

Copeland Symptom Checklist for Adult ADHD

Brown Adult Attention Deficit Scale

Wender Utah Rating Scale

Achenbach’s Young Adult Self-Report

Achenbach’s Young Adult Self-Report and the Copeland Symptom Checklist are more comprehensive and provide subscales that can help identify issues that may contribute to ADHD symptoms.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/170068-adult-adhd-testing/#ixzz1tidT7fQo <http://www.livestrong.com/article/170068-adult-adhd-testing/#ixzz1tidT7fQo>

ALCOHOL ABUSE

AUDIT/SBRIT http://sbirt.ireta.org/sbirt/clinical_tools.htm

MAST http://counsellingresource.com/lib/quizzes/drug-testing/alcohol-mast/

ANXIETY

Burns Anxiety Inventory http://www.conflictmanagementinc.com/uploads/BAI.pdf

Burns claims that a person can complete and score the entire inventory in under two minutes. To evaluate the level of anxiety indicated on the checklist, each item is added up numerically. A score of zero to four indicates minimal or no anxiety, five to 10 means borderline anxiety, a score between 11 to 20 signifies mild anxiety, 21 to 30 is moderate anxiety, 31 to 50 means severe anxiety, and a score of 51 to 99 indicates extreme anxiety or panic.

DEPRESSION

http://www.mydrrachel.com/docs/BeckDepressionInventory.pdf

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

PVS (Personal Violence Screen)

HITS (Hurt, Insulted, Threatened, Screamed)

http://medschool.ucsf.edu/sfghres/fhc/MHS/DomesticViolenceScreen.htm

Danger Assessment http://www.dangerassessment.org/DA.aspx

DRUG ABUSE

DAST http://counsellingresource.com/lib/quizzes/drug-testing/drug-abuse/

EATING DISORDERS http://www.eat-26.com/Docs/EAT-26Test-3-20-10.pdf

GAMBLING ADDICTION

http://www.addictionrecov.org/Addictions/index.aspx?AID=41

OCD

http://adaa.org/living-with-anxiety/ask-and-learn/screenings/screening-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd

PANIC DISORDER

http://adaa.org/living-with-anxiety/ask-and-learn/screenings/screening-panic-disorder

PTSD

http://adaa.org/living-with-anxiety/ask-and-learn/screenings/screening-posttraumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd

http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages/assessments/ncptsd-instrument-request-form.asp

SEX ADDICTION

SAST (Sexual Addiction Screening Test)

on-line version http://www.sexhelp.com/am-i-a-sex-addict/sex-addiction-test

pdf http://www.leademcounseling.com/the-library/self-assessment/sast-r-2-0

SLEEP DISORDER

Sleep Apnea Screen http://www.sleepdoc.com/pdf/stopbang.pdf

Epworth Sleepiness scale http://www.sleepdoc.com/pdf/epworth.pdf

STRESS

Holmes -Rahe test http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTCS_82.htm

SUICIDE

http://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content//SMA09-4432/SMA09-4432.pdf

http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/riskQuestions/2_3.aspx