This brief self-report instrument screens for the DSM-IV Axis I disorders most commonly encountered among individuals 18 years of age and older, in medical and outpatient mental health settings. Validated against diagnostic criteria and interview-derived diagnoses, the PDSQ, over the course of 10 years and more than 3,000 administrations, has proven effective, convenient, and reliable. It allows primary care providers to routinely consider co-morbidity without significant additional demands on their time.

This time-saving checklist gives the clinician a quick picture of the client's life situation, indicating what kind of difficulties he or she is experiencing. Given at the time of the initial intake interview, it helps pinpoint problems and identifies areas for subsequent discussion.
More than 200 problems and troubling life events are listed under the following headings: Marital-Relationship; Children-Parents; Financial-Legal; Bereavement; Personal Habits; Work Adjustment; Life Transition; Beliefs and Goals; Painful Memories; and Emotions. The client simply checks the problems that he or she is experiencing.

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 with both criminal and noncriminal samples shows that the MPS is effective in identifying malingerers.
A Large, Varied Norm Sample
Unlike other tests designed to assess malingering, the MPS is based on a large and varied sample. Norms are derived from a population of more than 1,000 adults--nationally representative in terms of gender, age, educational level, and region. In addition, numerous validation studies were conducted on a sample of more than 600 individuals, including prison inmates, normals, outpatients, inpatients, and worker compensation claimants. (Normals and prisoners were asked to complete the test twice, responding honestly on one administration and faking on another.) The scale has been validated against multiple measures and criteria.
Items Addressing Real and Simulated Psychopathology
MPS scales--Post-Traumatic Stress, Schizophrenia, Depression, and Dissociative Disorders--address real psychopathology, while a large set of parallel items represents simulated psychopathology. This nonoverlapping subset of "pseudo" symptoms provides a strong basis for discriminating honest and dishonest protocols.

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 with both criminal and noncriminal samples shows that the MPS is effective in identifying malingerers.
A Large, Varied Norm Sample
Unlike other tests designed to assess malingering, the MPS is based on a large and varied sample. Norms are derived from a population of more than 1,000 adults--nationally representative in terms of gender, age, educational level, and region. In addition, numerous validation studies were conducted on a sample of more than 600 individuals, including prison inmates, normals, outpatients, inpatients, and worker compensation claimants. (Normals and prisoners were asked to complete the test twice, responding honestly on one administration and faking on another.) The scale has been validated against multiple measures and criteria.
Items Addressing Real and Simulated Psychopathology
MPS scales--Post-Traumatic Stress, Schizophrenia, Depression, and Dissociative Disorders--address real psychopathology, while a large set of parallel items represents simulated psychopathology. This nonoverlapping subset of "pseudo" symptoms provides a strong basis for discriminating honest and dishonest protocols.

The Interpersonal Style Inventory (ISI) is a carefully constructed and easily administered personality test, distinguished by its specific focus on interpersonal functioning. Based on 20 years of research, the ISI gives counselors, therapists, personnel directors, and researchers a highly reliable and very accurate indication of the way an individual relates to others. Designed for normal individuals, 14 years and older, the ISI is a selfreport inventory composed of 300 True-False items. It yields scores on 15 scales, which are grouped under 5 empirically-based, broadband personality factors:

This exciting self-report inventory gives clinicians a quick, convenient, and reliable way to evaluate adults with character disorders and psychoses. Administered in just 15 to 20 minutes, the BORRTI identifies clients with Borderline Personality Disorder and tells you which treatment methods are likely to be most effective. It is especially helpful when character pathology co-occurs with other problems, such as substance abuse or PTSD. It lets you know immediately whether the individual's problems are complicated by characterological deficits that could drastically alter the course of treatment.

Here is a clinical tool that will help you make more objective child custody recommendations. Easy to use and interpret, ASPECT offers a practical, standardized, and defensible approach to child custody evaluations. It draws information from a variety of sources, reducing the likelihood of examiner bias. It incorporates standard assessment tools that many clinicians already use. And it yields a quantitative score that gives you an objective basis for child custody decisions.

The CASE-SF is designed to provide you with a rapid assessment of elderly adults to determine whether a more comprehensive evaluation of psychopathology or a referral for a different type of examination might be needed (e.g., referral to a neuropsychologist). The CASE-SF consists of a selfrating test booklet (Form S) and an other-rating test booklet (Form R) that can be completed by a knowledgeable caregiver such as a spouse, child, home health-care worker, or sibling. Derived from the CASE, the CASE-SF includes all 10 CASE clinical scales and two of the CASE validity scales (Lie and Validity).