Screencast-o-matic link for reviewing Ms. S' results: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cFj0Yeq0KF Results of the computer generated MMPI-2-RF for Mr. I. are as follows: Mr. I. is a 46-year old married man who has been admitted for psychotic thoughts and assaultive behavior. Symptoms at the time of admittance include disturbed sleep, delusional thoughts, religious delusion, visual hallucinations, as well as erratic and circumstantial thinking. A prior diagnosis of Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder is noted. As indicated in the report, Mr. I. appears to have dispersed patterns of cognitive dysfunction. He may have memory impairments, becomes frustrated easily, does not handle stress well, and has difficulty concentrating. Mr. I. may have had thoughts or has attempted suicide and continues to be at risk as he lacks impulse control. He also reports that he believes he may be being harmed. He is suspicious of others as a result, he lacks insight and experiences interpersonal difficulties. His thought process is not typical, unrealistic, and disorganized. Impaired sensory-perceptual abilities also appears to be present. Mr. I. has difficulty controlling his behavior as he is becomes bored and restless, often times acting out. He tends to be aggressive and have mood swings, euphoria, excitability, engages in risk-taking behaviors, increased energy, and may have experienced manic or hypomanic episodes. Mr. I. appears to be opinionated, assertive, outgoing, a leader, and enjoys socializing. The report indicates Mr. I. enjoys hands-on type of activities and the outdoors. Individuals who enjoy these type of activities or careers tend to be adventurous and dislikes literary occupations. Further evaluation has been recommended for disorders related to emotional-internalizing, thoughts, and behavioral-externalizing. Suicide is a risk that requires immediate assessing. Treatment for hypomania and mood stabilization is recommended in addition to a psychological evaluation. Evaluation of Mr. I. and Ms. S. The psychological evaluation of Mr. I. and Ms. S. raises ethical and professional concerns regarding the interpretation of the testing and assessment data. Confidentiality of the test results and information related to the client must be kept private. When interpreting data, the psychologist must be aware of various factors including: the test taking ability, the purpose of the test, as well as various characteristics of the client that may impact the psychologists’ judgments which may cause the interpretation to be inaccurate (American Psychological Association, 2010). In addition, the psychologist should be cautious of the way the information is presented to Mr. I. and Ms. S. as to not harm, but inform the clients of the results in a professional manner and explain any further evaluations or procedures to be done.   Analysis The MMPI-2-RF measures a variety of areas, but does not have as many questions as the original MMPI-2. The reducti ...

1. Screencast-o-matic link for reviewing Ms. S'
results: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cFj0Yeq0KF
Results of the computer generated MMPI-2-RF for Mr. I. are as
follows:
Mr. I. is a 46-year old married man who has been admitted for
psychotic thoughts and assaultive behavior. Symptoms at the
time of admittance include disturbed sleep, delusional thoughts,
religious delusion, visual hallucinations, as well as erratic and
circumstantial thinking. A prior diagnosis of Schizophrenia and
Schizoaffective Disorder is noted. As indicated in the report,
Mr. I. appears to have dispersed patterns of cognitive
dysfunction. He may have memory impairments, becomes
frustrated easily, does not handle stress well, and has difficulty
concentrating. Mr. I. may have had thoughts or has attempted
suicide and continues to be at risk as he lacks impulse control.
He also reports that he believes he may be being harmed. He is
suspicious of others as a result, he lacks insight and experiences
interpersonal difficulties. His thought process is not typical,
unrealistic, and disorganized. Impaired sensory-perceptual
abilities also appears to be present. Mr. I. has difficulty
controlling his behavior as he is becomes bored and restless,
often times acting out. He tends to be aggressive and have mood
swings, euphoria, excitability, engages in risk-taking behaviors,
increased energy, and may have experienced manic or
hypomanic episodes. Mr. I. appears to be opinionated, assertive,
outgoing, a leader, and enjoys socializing. The report indicates
Mr. I. enjoys hands-on type of activities and the outdoors.
Individuals who enjoy these type of activities or careers tend to
be adventurous and dislikes literary occupations. Further
evaluation has been recommended for disorders related to
emotional-internalizing, thoughts, and behavioral-externalizing.

2. Suicide is a risk that requires immediate assessing. Treatment
for hypomania and mood stabilization is recommended in
addition to a psychological evaluation.
Evaluation of Mr. I. and Ms. S.
The psychological evaluation of Mr. I. and Ms. S. raises ethical
and professional concerns regarding the interpretation of the
testing and assessment data. Confidentiality of the test results
and information related to the client must be kept private. When
interpreting data, the psychologist must be aware of various
factors including: the test taking ability, the purpose of the test,
as well as various characteristics of the client that may impact
the psychologists’ judgments which may cause the
interpretation to be inaccurate (American Psychological
Association, 2010). In addition, the psychologist should be
cautious of the way the information is presented to Mr. I. and
Ms. S. as to not harm, but inform the clients of the results in a
professional manner and explain any further evaluations or
procedures to be done.
Analysis
The MMPI-2-RF measures a variety of areas, but does not have
as many questions as the original MMPI-2. The reduction in
length appears to be a positive change as the examinee may not
get as burned out from test taking. The assessment measures
characteristics that describes the individual. Rather than the
examinee being diagnosed with a specific disorder, the results
of the assessment attempts to provide an explanation of the
individual. The test produces 2 scale raw scores, which are then
convert to TScores. TScores that are greater than 65 are
typically uncommon in the general population, thus psychiatric
symptomatology may be present (Gregory, 2014). Four validity
scales are reviewed including: Cannot Say, L, F, and K. The
Cannot Say answer appears to have little effect on the overall

3. scoring as the test consists of many questions. A high score may
indicate a reading problem or other various issues caused by
depression, which would provide information related to
depression as indicated by Ms. S. The L Scale provides
information is not very typical in our culture as it perceives a
person as “perfect” in a sense as they never get angry, never
lies, likes all people, etc. (Gregory, 2014). The L Scale would
provide information related to the aggressive tendencies of Mr.
I. A high TScore on the L Scale may indicate the individual is
defensive and naïve. This score is helpful when assessing
characteristics of Mr. I. related to uptight and neurotic
tendencies. Psychiatric disturbances may be present in
individuals with a higher TScore on the F Scale. Results related
to psychiatric disturbances would be helpful for the assessment
of Mr. I and Ms. S. Finally, a defensive test-taking attitude may
exist amongst individuals with higher TScores on the K Scale.
Finally, these scores would provide information related to both
Mr. I. and Ms. S. in the assessment of depressive as indicated
by Ms. S and schizophrenic symptoms as indicated by Mr. I.
Additional Testing for Mr. I.:
The following assessments are recommended for Mr. I.: NEO
Personality Inventory Revised (NEO PI-R) and the Mayer-
Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT). The
NEO PI-R contains five domains which are measured. Within
each domain are facets. These categories appear to relate to the
interpretation of Mr. I’s MMPI-2-RF report. It was indicated
that Mr. I. has aggressive behavior and has experienced manic
or hypomanic episodes, thus the domain of neuroticism would
provide information in these areas. In addition, the report
indicated he is a thrill seeker, in which the extraversion domain
would provide additional information. The openness to
experience domain may provide data related to his actions,
feelings and ideas. This assessment may provide additional
information related to Mr. I’s personality thus uncovering

4. additional information in other areas. Although only three items
are assessed for validity, validity evidence is substantial and is
a beneficial measure of clinical psychopathology (Gregory,
2014).
The MSCEIT contains 141 items that calculates a total
emotional intelligence score. In addition, the assessment
provides 2 Area scores, 4 Branch scores, and 8 Task scores.
Various perspectives have given insight to the validity of the
MSCEIT. Some research indicates the assessment measures a
unitary skill that can be categorized into four categories while
other research indicates verbal intelligence, general intelligence
and major factors of personality reveal low correlations
(Gregory, 2014). However, emotional intelligence is beneficial
and the scores hold strong as it provides insight to various
behaviors such as violence which is indicated by Mr. I.
Additional testing for Ms. S.:
The following assessments are recommended for Ms. S.: Million
Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) and The
Assessment of Spirituality and Religious Sentiments
(ASPIRES).
The MCMI-III would be helpful in making a psychiatric
diagnosis. The test consists of 175 true and false questions and
it’s structure works well with the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
(
DSM-IV
). A total of 27 scales exist which measures personality traits,
personality pathology, and severe clinical syndromes as well as
validity scale indices. Internal consistency and test-retest
coefficients are good and the support for validity is mixed as
the assessment is complex and difficult to understand (Gregory,
2014). This assessment would be helpful especially in

5. providing additional information related to anxiety and
depression as noted in the interpretation results for Ms. S.
The ASPIRES assessment would be useful as the assessment of
spiritual well-being assists in measuring a number of issues
including anxiety and depression. The assessment consists of 35
items and measures two dimensions including: spiritual
transcendence and religious sentiments, both of which are
further subdivided into facets. The assessment has strong
psychometric qualities. Measuring diverse religious groups and
cultures, the test holds true (Gregory, 2014). Finally, the
findings of validity of APIRES is strong and holds true to the
belief that spirituality is supplemental across the Big Five
personality measurements.
References
American Psychological Association. (2010).
Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct
including 2010 amendments: Standard 9: Assessment (Links to
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http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx?item=12 (Links to
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Gregory, R. J. (2014).
Psychological testing: History, principles, and applications
(7th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
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