Handbook of Forensic Psychiatric Practice in Capital Cases
Appendix One: Psychological Assessment Quick Reference Guide
Psychological Factor Psychometric test
Current general intelligence
Pre-morbid estimate of intellectual functioning
Memory functioning
• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, fourth edition (WAIS-IV) • Ravens Progressive Matrices
• National Adult Reading Test (NART) • Schonell Graded Reading Test • Wechsler Test of Adult Reading (WTAR) • Wechsler Test of Pre-morbid Functioning (TOPF)
• Wechsler Memory Scale, fourth edition (WMS-IV) • Rey-Ostreith Complex Figure Test
Executive functioning
• Behavioural Assessment of Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS) • Controlled Oral Work Association Test • Reitan Trailmaking test • Haying and Brixton tests • Stroop Neuropsychological Screening Test
Language Suggestibility Compliance Mood
• British Picture Vocabulary Scale (version 2) • Graded Naming Test
Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale (version 1 or 2)
Gudjonsson Compliance Scale (Form D for the individual or Form E for an informant)
• Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) • Beck Depression Inventory version two (BDI-II) • Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) • State/Trait Anger inventory (STAXI)
Personality functioning Substance misuse Dissociation
Sub-optimal effort/ malingering
• Millon Clinical Multi-axial Inventory – third edition (MCMI-III) • Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) • Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)
• Leeds Dependency Questionnaire (LDQ) • Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES)
• Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) • Ravens Standard Progressive Matrices • Millar Forensic Assessment of Symptoms (MFAST) • Structured interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS) • Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS) • Paulhus Deception Scale
NB: Tis is not an exhaustive list, but represents some of the most commonly used measures with robust psychometric properties.
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