Question

A psychiatrist orders a series of tests including an IQ test, personality inventory (MMPI), neuropsychological test (Halstead-Reitan), and a brain scan (CT scan) for a 10-year-old boy who has recently been acting aggressively. Explain what each test measures and how the psychiatrist would use the results of each test to help diagnose or rule out potential causes of the boy’s behavior.

Answer 1

Discription of tests :----------

1. IQ test :--- It simply means, measures of intelligence including short-term memory, analytical thinking, mathematical ability and spatial recognition. Like all IQ tests it does not attempt to measure the amount of information you have learned but rather your capacity to learn. Once you've provided your answers we compare your results to people of your age and then we provide a normalized score. Normalized scoring can be difficult to understand for those without a background in statistics. Test includes Binet, Rorchach etc. Classification of I.Q   
2. Personality inventory (MMPI) :----- MMPI avriviated as Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.The original MMPI was developed by Starke R. Hathaway and J. C. McKinley, faculty of the University of Minnesota, and first published by the University of Minnesota Press in 1943. The youth version that is MMPI - A was developed to improve measurement of personality, behavior difficulties, and psychopathology among adolescents. NOTE--- ----      
3. Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological test :------ Also known as ( HRNB ). The HRNB includes Wechsler Intelligence Scale, Aphasia Screening Test, Trail-Making Test, parts A and B etc. This Test Battery (HRNB) and allied procedures is a comprehensive suite of neuropsychological tests used to measures the condition and functioning of the brain, including etiology, type (diffuse vs. specific), localization and lateralization of brain injury   
4. CT scan :----- A computed tomography (CT or CAT) scan allows doctors to see inside your body. It uses a combination of X-rays and a computer to create pictures of your Brain organs, bones, and other tissues. It shows more detail than a regular X-ray.

?A 10-year-old boy who has recently been acting aggressively, can be due to many reason which can be find with the help of above tests. Some children have never been taught that there are limits to how one should express their anger. There is no diagnosis for angry behavior per se, but some of the conditions that involve uncontrollable anger are: bipolar disorder, oppositional disorder, and child antisocial behavior. Causes can be find by these tests and causes are as follows Mood disorders, Psychosis, Frustration, Impulsivity, Injury etc.

And on the basis of test scores A psychiatrist? put into the treatment to the subject sometimes therapies also needed for beterment of the patient in combination.

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