Assessment Instruments used in Minds in Transition (MinT)
As a Projector Officer on the Minds in Transition (MinT) 5-year multi-site longitudinal study, I was trained to use, used and wrote psychological assessment reports based on results from the following assessment instruments:
Screening Assessments:
Hearing Test
Edinburgh Handedness Questionnaire
Clinical Assessments:
Diagnostic interviews:
□ Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I)
□ Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS)
□ Comprehensive Assessment of At-Risk Mental States (CAARMS)
Drug & Alcohol Use:
□ The Opiate Treatment Index (OTI)
□ The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
□ The Cannabis Use Disorder Identification Test – trial version (t-CUDIT)
Psychiatric Symptoms:
□ Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)
Global, Social & Occupational Functioning:
□ Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF Scale)
□ Children’s Global Assessment Scale (CGAS)
□ Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale (SOFAS)
□ Global Functioning: Social Scale (GF: Social)
□ Global Functioning: Role Scale (GF: Role)
Self-Esteem:
□ Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)
Depression & Anxiety:
□ Beck Depression Inventory – II (BDI-II)
□ Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)
Personality:
□ Eysenck Personality Questionnaire – Revised (EPQ-R)
□ Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ)
Sleep:
□ Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
Neuropsychological Assessments:
Intelligence :
□ Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI)
□ Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV)
Memory :
□ Wechsler Memory Scale-III (WMS-III)
□ Visual Patterns Test (VPT)
Verbal Learning :
□ California Verbal Learning Test-II (CVLT-II)
□ California Verbal Learning Test-Children (CVLT-C)
Executive Functioning:
□ The Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS)
Theory of Mind (ToM):
□ Picture Sequencing Task
□ Reading the Mind in the Eyes
□ Hinting Task
Smell:
□ University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT)
Electrophysiological Assessments:
Electroencephalography (EEG)
Last Updated: 6 August 2012