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  • Test Usage in Four Common T...
    McLaughlin, Jennifer L.; Kan, Lisa Y.

    Professional psychology, research and practice, 04/2014, Letnik: 45, Številka: 2
    Journal Article

    Without established standards of care for different types of forensic mental health assessment, practice surveys can provide information about current trends among evaluators and gauge how "typical" practice follows best practices. This study provides an update on the use of assessment tools in evaluations of response style/malingering, competency to stand trial, mental state at time of alleged offense, and nonsexual violence risk. Almost all forensic evaluators (n = 102) indicated that they use assessment tools to some extent when conducting these types of forensic mental health assessment. Of the 4 instrument types-multiscale inventories, forensic assessment/relevant instruments, cognitive/neuropsychological instruments, and projective techniques-evaluators reported using multiscale inventories at higher rates in evaluations of mental state at time of offense and forensic assessment/relevant instruments at higher rates for the other 3 issues. Projective techniques were used the least often across all forensic issues. We also considered how evaluator variables relate to differences in test usage. Finally, we compare our results with those of previous practice surveys and discuss the implications of these findings.