Paa Category: Educational Assessments

Author Leigh Silverton, Ph.D. Description Here is an invaluable tool for clinicians who must assess the possibility of malingering. This brief self-report inventory gives you a quick, convenient and cost-effective way to determine the likelihood that an individual is exaggerating claims of mental illness. Research...

Authors Sarah Raskin, PhD and Carol Buckheit, MS, MA; Professional Manual by Sarah Raskin, PhD, Carol Buckheit, MS, MA, and Christina Sherrod, PhD. Description Prospective memory, also referred to as memory for intentions, is the ability to remember to carry out a future task. Successful...

Authors Anita M. Hubley, Ph.D. and Tom N. Tombaugh, Ph.D Description The MTOA asseses verbal and visuospatial learning and memory in older adults.  It is used in mental health and primary care settings to assess a patient's degree and type of memory impairment (eg genuine...

Authors Elisabeth M.S. Sherman, PhD, and Brian L. Brooks, PhD Description The MVP is the first performance validity test (PVT) specifically designed for and nationally standardised on children, adolescents and young adults, designed to detect whether an examinee is providing valid test scores. Features and...

Author Holly A, Miller, PhD Description The M-FAST is a brief 25-item screening interview for individuals ages 18 years and older that provides information regarding the probability that the client is feigning psychiatric illness. Most malingering and symptom validity instruments assess malingered cognitive and/or neuropsychological deficits. The...

Authors Marshal F. Folstein, MD and Susan E. Folstein, MD; User's Manual by Marshal F. Folstein, MD, Susan E. Folstein, MD, Travis White, PhD, and Melissa A. Messer, MHS Description With a new standard version that is equivalent to the original MMSE and new brief and...