Psychological - Psychosocial Tests

Psychological test items include standardized tests of mood state (depression, anxiety and stress), sleep, eating disorder (anorexia bulimia), emotional intelligence (self esteem, empathy - intuition, social relationships) and personality (NEO, extroversion - introversion, openness - closedness, agreeableness, conscientiousness) that have been examined in healthy and clinical populations (Costa & McCrae, 1995; Gordon et al., 2005; Gurubhagavatula et al., 2004; Kemp et al., 2005b; 2005a; Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995a; 1995b; Maislin et al., 1995; McCrae & Costa, 2003). The psychological report also includes physical and psychological trauma history and description, use prescription medications (dosage and type), alcohol, tobacco and drug use and type, history of learning disability or dyslexia or ADHD - ADD, family and personal neurological, medical and surgical history, and body mass index (BMI).

References

Costa, PT and McCrae, RR (1995). Domains and facets: Hierarchical personality assessment using the Revised NEO Personality Inventory. Journal of Personality Assessment , 64 (1), 21-50.

Gordon, E, Cooper, N, Rennie, C, Hermens, D, and Williams, LM (2005). Integrative neuroscience: the role of a standardized database. Clinical EEG & Neuroscience: Official Journal of the EEG & Clinical Neuroscience Society (ENCS) , 36 (2), 64-75.

Gurubhagavatula, I, Maislin, G, Nkwuo, JE, and Pack, AI (2004). Occupational Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Commercial Drivers. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine , 170 (4), 371-376.

Kemp, AH, Cooper, NJ, Hermens, G, Gordon, E, Bryant, R, and Williams, LM (2005a). Toward an integrated profile of emotional intelligence: introducing a brief measure. Journal of Integrative Neuroscience , 4 (1), 41-61.

Kemp, AH, Stephan, BC, Hopkinson, P, Sumich, AL, Paul, RH, Clark, CR, Gordon, E, Bryant, RA, and Williams, LM (2005b). Toward an integrated profile of depression: evidence from the brain resource international database. Journal of Integrative Neuroscience , 4 (1), 95-106.

Lovibond, PF and Lovibond, SH (1995a). Manual for the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales . 2nd. Psychology Foundation, Sydney, NSW.

Lovibond, PF and Lovibond, SH (1995b). The structure of negative emotional states: comparison of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) with the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories. Behaviour Research & Therapy , 33 (3), 335-343.

Maislin, G, Pack, AI, Kribbs, NB, Smith, PL, Schwartz, AR, Kline, LR, Schwab, RJ, and Dinges, DF (1995). A survey screen for prediction of apnea. Sleep , 18 (3), 158-166.