PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT SERVICES

Psychologists are qualified by their training to administer and interpret psychological tests which provide standardized and objective measures of personality, abilities, mood, and adaptive functioning. Psychological assessment involves integrating an understanding of the individual’s past & current history, current status, & psychological tests.

Typically, such requests for psychological evaluation are made to examine anxiety, depression, reasoning, and motivation to assist in understanding current emotional functioning, to what extent do symptoms pre-date any injury, to what extent are symptoms exaggerated or enhanced consciously or unconsciously, to assist in managing narcotic medication regimen, and to make recommendations insofar as psychological and/or psychiatric treatment (counseling and/or medication).

The psychological evaluation differs from a psychiatric evaluation in that, in addition to a diagnostic interview, specific objective tests of emotional functioning, personality, cognition, and motivation are administered.