Introduction
Psychological Assessments are important for assessing problems, goals, and diagnoses. As such, these tasks are essential for therapy. Having quick executables and references would be a boon for psychotherapeutic interventions. I plan to continue researching the correlations and diagnostic possibilities of these assessments with cognitive psychological assessments.
I want to emphasize that these assessments require training, so they are conducted in a more human, personable way. Only use these executables if you are a practitioner, training to be one, or have been approved to perform these in research. If you are interested in this field, you can still read about, learn about, and play around with them; don’t use them to diagnose or treat. So, say you’re an RA in college, and you think your student has depression. Please don't use the assessments here; instead, speak with your supervisor for advice and, if helpful, encourage them to visit the campus counseling center. And in your free time or schoolwork, try the tasks out. It is important to gatekeep these tasks so that qualified people can use them, but you can still learn from them to become qualified.
Furthermore, these tools are not sufficient for diagnosis; that can only be done by a qualified individual with proper credentials.
To clarify, I did not create the original assessments. All of these tasks are in the public domain or can be reproduced in the public domain.
Patient Health Questionnaire-9
This is a commonly used assessment tool that can screen for depression and the severity of depression. It’s commonly used in research as well.
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Kroenke, K., Spitzer, R. L., & Williams, J. B. (2001). The PHQ-9: validity of a brief depression severity measure. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 16(9), 606–613. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.016009606.x
CAGE
four questions you can ask to evaluate substance abuse patterns. It is a screening questionnaire, so if they score highly, you will need to move to a more comprehensive assessment
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Mayfield, D., McLeod, G., & Hall, P. (1974). The CAGE questionnaire: Validation of a new alcoholism screening instrument. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 131(10), 1121–1123. APA PsycNet
University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA)
This scale measures where someone is in the stages of change in the psychotherapeutic process. This can help measure where your client is in their psychotherapeutic development, particularly regarding how they feel about their problem.
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Tambling, R., & Ketring, S. A. (2014). University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale--Revised (R-URICA, URICA) [Database record]. APA PsycTests. https://doi.org/10.1037/t47267-000
NEO-120
This is a shortened version of the OCEAN personality assessment. The OCEAN (Big Five) personality traits are among the most valid ways to assess personality, so creating an executable file for them was essential.
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Johnson, J. A. (2014). International Personality Item Pool-NEO-120 (IPIP-NEO-120) [Database record]. APA PsycTests. https://doi.org/10.1037/t34102-000
Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21)
This is a scale used to measure signs of depression, anxiety and stress. Often used for research.
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Lovibond, S. H., & Lovibond, P. F. (1995). Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS--21, DASS--42) [Database record]. APA PsycTests. https://doi.org/10.1037/t01004-000
Need for Cognition Scale (NFCS)
This tool measures a person’s natural tendency to explore difficult mental topics and their desire for mental challenges.
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Cacioppo, J. T., & Petty, R. E. (1982). The need for cognition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 42(1), 116–131. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.42.1.116
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)
The BPRS is a scale used to rate a person’s symptoms of schizophrenia. This is based on observations and thus requires training to rank the observed behaviors. Similar to the PANSS, but the PANSS is not in the public domain while the BPRS is.
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Overall, J. E., & Gorham, D. R. (1962). Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) [Database record]. APA PsycTests.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7
A seven-question inventory for anxiety screening. Based on Criterion A from the DSM.
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Spitzer, R. L., Kroenke, K., Williams, J. B., & Löwe, B. (2006). A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder: the GAD-7. Archives of Internal Medicine, 166(10), 1092–1097. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.166.10.1092
Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS)
This is often used in hospital settings after a manic episode or during one. Based on observations, so training is required to administer this assessment effectively.
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Young, R. C., Biggs, J. T., Ziegler, V. E., & Meyer, D. A. (1978). A rating scale for mania: reliability, validity, and sensitivity. The British Journal of Psychiatry: The Journal of Mental Science, 133, 429–435. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.133.5.429
McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder (MSI-BPD)
This is a scale used to measure symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder. It is important to restate that this website is not for diagnosis and that you can only diagnose if you have the proper credentials, have met with the consenting party, and have proper evidence.
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Zanarini, M. C., Vujanovic, A. A., Parachini, E. A., Boulanger, J. L., Frankenburg, F. R., & Hennen, J. (2003). McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder (MSI-BPD) [Database record]. APA PsycTests. https://doi.org/10.1037/t65352-000
Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R)
This is an assessment used to assess symptoms and experience of depression, anxiety, and stress over the past week. It is commonly used in research to assess longitudinal treatment responses and negative emotional states.
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Osman, A., Bagge, C. L., Gutierrez, P. M., Konick, L. C., Kopper, B. A., & Barrios, F. X. (2001). The Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R): validation with clinical and nonclinical samples. Assessment, 8(4), 443–454. https://doi.org/10.1177/107319110100800409
Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D)
An alternative scale used to measure depressive symptoms. Based on an interview rather than self-report data.
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HAMILTON M. (1960). A rating scale for depression. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 23(1), 56–62. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.23.1.56
Mental Status Examination (MSE)
This is for assessment during an intake. I included a place where you can take notes, which is important for references and providing evidence. This is only an executable, as it may contain more identifiable information, and the executable will be more resistant to hacking. Not that that is a probability, but as researchers and clinicians, we must maintain the utmost security.
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Daniel, M., & Gurczynski, J. (2010). Mental status examination. In D. L. Segal & M. Hersen (Eds.), Diagnostic Interviewing (pp. 61–88). Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1320-3_4
International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ)
This is a scale used to measure a person’s self-reported symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It also contains questions for Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD). CPTSD is not a diagnosis recognized by the American Psychiatric Association, so it is not in the DSM-5-TR, but it is in the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision (ICD-11; Hence the International title). So CPTSD is currently theoretical in the US, but the main differences involve emotional regulation, relationship quality, and negative self-image.
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Cloitre, M., Shevlin, M., Brewin, C. R., Bisson, J. I., Roberts, N. P., Maercker, A., Karatzias, T., & Hyland, P. (2018). International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) [Database record]. APA PsycTests. https://doi.org/10.1037/t73478-000
Columbia Suicide Rating Scale (CSRI)
A task designed to evaluate the risk of suicide. Ask the questions verbatim; I included a basic outline for safety planning in the sidebar.
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Posner, K. (2007). Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) [Database record]. APA PsycTests. https://doi.org/10.1037/t52667-000
Michigan Assessment Screening Tool-Alcohol and Drugs (MAST)
The MAST is a commonly used psychometric scale to screen for drug and alcohol abuse. The name is a bit redundant as Alcohol is a drug.
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Westermeyer, J., Yargic, I., & Thuras, P. (2004). Michigan Alcohol Screening Test/Alcohol and Drug Use (MAST/AD): evaluation in a clinical sample. The American journal on addictions, 13(2), 151–162. https://doi.org/10.1080/10550490490435948
Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT)
The AUDIT is a tool used to assess Alcohol use disorder with 10 questions based on the person’s experience over the last 12 months.
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Saunders, J. B., Aasland, O. G., Babor, T. F., de la Fuente, J. R., & Grant, M. (1993). Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO Collaborative Project on Early Detection of Persons with Harmful Alcohol Consumption--II. Addiction (Abingdon, England), 88(6), 791–804. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1993.tb02093.x
Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale (ASRM)
This is a unique rating scale for manic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder, as most scales for Bipolar Disorders rely on what the clinician sees, like the Young Mania Rating Scale. This is a shorter assessment that asks the person to reflect on their subjective elevation.
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Altman, E. G., Hedeker, D., Peterson, J. L., & Davis, J. M. (1997). The Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale. Biological Psychiatry, 42(10), 948–955. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00548-3
Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A)
An alternative scale used to measure anxiety symptoms. Based on an interview rather than self-report data.
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Hamilton, M. (1959). Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) [Database record]. APA PsycTests. https://doi.org/10.1037/t02824-000
Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS)
This scale assesses a person’s subjective happiness. Sonja Lyubomirsky and Heidi S. Lepper developed this scale. Dr. Lyubomirsky is one of the leading experts on happiness and was one of my undergraduate professors’ favorite researchers. This scale would be important for the Broaden-and-Build Theory.
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Lyubomirsky, S., Lepper, H.S. A Measure of Subjective Happiness: Preliminary Reliability and Construct Validation. Social Indicators Research 46, 137–155 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006824100041