Current Diagnosis &Treatment: Psychiatry, 3e >Diagnostic Evaluation for Children and Adolescents

Michael H. Ebert, James F. Leckman, Ismene L. Petrakis+

Table 7–18.Types of Personality Evaluation

Evaluation Type Function Examples

Behavior rating scales Describe an individual's functioning in everyday life Achenbach's Child Behavior Check List

Incomplete Sentences Test

Projective tests Characterize an individual's underlying concerns
Thematic Apperception Test

Rorschach Inkblot Test

Structural tests Depict a person's personality Minnesota Multiphasic Psychiatric Inventory-A (MMPI-A)

Millon Adolescent Personality Inventory

Children's Depression Inventory

Assess an individual's functioning with respect to a specific
Specific diagnosis scales
diagnosis
Revised Child Manifest Anxiety Scale

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