Schizophrenia Spectrum & Other Psychotic Disorders
Bipolar Spectrum Disorder Scale (BSDS)
Purpose: Establish the presence of depressive and manic symptoms
Age Range: 18+
Scales: Mood scale
Dissociative Episodes Scale (DES)
Purpose: Assesses for the presence & severity of dissociative episodes
Age Range: 17+
Scales: none, brief screener
DSM-V Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure (Adult)
Purpose: Brief measure to assess mental health issues across prominent psychiatric diagnoses
Age Range: 18+
Scales: Depression, Anger, Mania, Anxiety, Somatic Symptoms, Suicidal Ideation, Psychosis, Sleep Problems, Memory, Repetitive Thoughts and Behaviors, Dissociation, Personality Functioning, Substance Use.
Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)
Purpose: A comprehensive diagnostic & interpretive instrument
Age Range: 18+
Scales: 4 interpretive scales, 11 clinical scales, 7 trait scales, & 31 Sub scales
Personality Assessment Inventory-Adolescent (PAI-A)
Purpose: A comprehensive diagnostic & interpretive instrument
Age Range: 12-18
Scales: 22 non overlapping scales. 4 validity scales, 11 clinical scales, 5 treatment consideration scales, and 2 interpersonal scales. 10 scales contain derived subscales. 17 critical item responses.
Personality Belief Questionnaire (PBQ)
Purpose: Screens for and assesses the level of personality trait disturbance
Age Range: 16+
Scales: 10 Personality Type Scales
Personality Inventory for Youth (PIY)
Purpose: Assesses emotional & behavioral adjustment, family interaction, & academic functioning
Age Range: 9-19
Scales: Cognitive impairment, Impulsivity/Distractibility, Delinquency, Family dysfunction, Reality distortion, Somatic concern, Psychological discomfort, Social withdrawal, Social skills deficit
Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)
Purpose: Brief Screener for bipolar symptoms
Age Range: 18+
Scales: none
For Substance / Medication induced Psychosis, test for Substance Use:
Maryland Addictions Questionnaire (MAQ)
Purpose: Assesses addictions severity, Motivation for treatment, relapse potential, & treatment issues
Age Range: 17+
Scales: 5 Substance abuse scales, 5 treatment scales, 2 Validity scales, 3 Summary score scales
State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI-2)
Purpose: Measures the experience, expression, and control of anger.
Age Range: 16-63
Scales: 3 main scales, 11 subscales, and 1 index
State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 Child & Adolescent (STAXI-C/A)
Purpose: Comprehensively yet concisely assess experience, expression, and control of anger while accounting for state and trait aspects
Age Range: 9-18
Scales: 5 main scales, and 4 subscales
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)
Purpose: Differentiate between state and trait anxiety in high school students & adults.
Age Range: 14-69
Scales: two main scales: State & Trait, measuring apprehension, tension, nervousness, & worry.
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC)
Purpose: Measures anxiety in Children
Age Range: 9-12 (normed to test <9 w/ reading comprehension at/above 3rd grade)
Scales:two main scales: State Anxiety & Trait Anxiety