NCMHCE Assessment Instruments (2025/2026
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Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) - correct answerAssess and screen
alcohol use
10 item questionnaire
No Age
Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) - correct answerGauges the acuteness of patient anxiety
21 item question tool
Age 17+
Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) - correct answerAssess depression
21 multiple choice questionnaire
Age 13+
Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) - correct answerGauge the likelihood of suicide
20 true/false questions
Age 17+
Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test, Second Edition (Bender-Gestalt II) - correct
answerEvaluate the visual-motor ability and perpetual-motor along with cognitive
development
Drawing/copying test
Age 3+
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) - correct answerCalculate psychotic and non-
psychotic symptoms in people with major psychotic disorders (often used with
schizophrenics)
24 items
Age 18+
Brigance Comprehensive Inventory of Basic Skills-Revised (CIBS-R) - correct
answerEvaluates basic readiness and academic skills
Age 5-12
Brigance Life Skills Inventory (LSI) - correct answerAssesses individuals's skills and
performance within the context of everyday situations
Age 6-15
,Brigance Inventory of Essential Skills (IES) - correct answerAssess skills needed for
successful students and adult functioning in individuals with special needs
Age 15-17
CAGE Questionnaire - correct answerAssess and screen alcohol use
4 questions
Age 18+
California Psychological Inventory (CPI) - correct answerUsed to investigate
interpersonal behavior and social interaction in individuals
434 item inventory
Age 13+
Carroll Depression Scale (CDS-R) - correct answerAssess the degree of depression in
adults
52 item
Age 18+
Carrow Elicited Language Inventory (CELI) - correct answerAssessment of speech and
language development
52 phrase and sentence stimuli
Age 3 to 7y11m
Columbia Mental Maturity Scale (CMMS) - correct answerIntended to screen the overall
reasoning capacity of children
92 picture and figures
Age 3y6m to 10y
Covi Anxiety Scale - correct answerMeasures the severity of anxiety symptoms
3 item verbal rapport
No Age Listed
Differential Aptitude Test (DAT) - correct answerAssess job aptitudes and skills
6 20min computerized tests
6th grade reading level
Eating Disorder Inventory-3 (EDI-3) - correct answerAssist in diagnosing eating
disorders
91 item
Age 13+
Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) - correct answerForced choice
personality inventory
15 personality variable scales
Age 16-85
,Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Test of Auditory Discrimination - correct answerAssess the
capability to differentiate speech sounds using two dissimilar backgrounds: noise and
quiet
Age Unknown
Halstead-Reitan Psychological Test Battery - correct answerEvaluate neurological
impaired patients
8 basic tests
Age 15+
Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAS or HAM-A) - correct answerAssessing anxiety symptoms
in people who were already diagnosed with anxiety disorders
14 item
Age Unknown
Hamilton Depression Scale (HDS or HAM-D) - correct answerAssessing symptoms of
depression
17 or 21 item
Age unknown
House-Tree-Person Interrogation Form - correct answerProtective assessment for
children and adults as an intelligence and personality test
60 questions
Age Children & Adults
IPAT Depression Scale - correct answerMeasuring the cognitive, emotional, and other
symptomatic issues associated with depression
36 item
Adults
Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (KABC-II) - correct answerEvaluate and
assess the cognitive development of children
Age 3-18
Luria_Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery (LNNB) - correct answerEvaluate
neurologically impaired patients (Brain Damage)
Multiple test types
Age 15+
Michigan Alcohol Screening Test Revised (MAST) - correct answerAssess and screens
only alcohol use
22 item questionnaire
Age unknown
Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III
, (MCMI-III) - correct answerAssess and evaluates personality and emotional disorders in
adolescents
478 True false
Age 14-18
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) - correct answerThis is a broad
based assessment of patterns of personality, emotional, and behavioral disorders in
adults.
567 True False
6th Grade Reading Level
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - correct answerAssess personality types of mostly
the high school and college populace. (16 personality types)
Multiple choice
Age Unknown
NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO PI-R) - correct answerAssess the Big Five
personality domains and six trait factors that define each of those domains
240 items
6th Grade Reading Level
Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) - correct answerAssess positive and
negative symptoms in patients with Schizophrenia
30 items
Age unknown
Psychological Screening Inventory (PSI) - correct answerAssessment tool to screen and
individual's mental health
130 item true false
Age Unknown
Rorschach Psychodiagnostic Test - correct answerInkblot test of intelligence and
personality
10 separate inkblots
Age 5+
Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, Fifth Edition (16PF) - correct answerFactor
analysis determined personality detentions
185 item
Age 16+
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB5) - correct answerEvaluates and
assess cognitive ability
5 areas with an IQ score
Age 2-85+
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Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) - correct answerAssess and screen
alcohol use
10 item questionnaire
No Age
Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) - correct answerGauges the acuteness of patient anxiety
21 item question tool
Age 17+
Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) - correct answerAssess depression
21 multiple choice questionnaire
Age 13+
Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) - correct answerGauge the likelihood of suicide
20 true/false questions
Age 17+
Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test, Second Edition (Bender-Gestalt II) - correct
answerEvaluate the visual-motor ability and perpetual-motor along with cognitive
development
Drawing/copying test
Age 3+
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) - correct answerCalculate psychotic and non-
psychotic symptoms in people with major psychotic disorders (often used with
schizophrenics)
24 items
Age 18+
Brigance Comprehensive Inventory of Basic Skills-Revised (CIBS-R) - correct
answerEvaluates basic readiness and academic skills
Age 5-12
Brigance Life Skills Inventory (LSI) - correct answerAssesses individuals's skills and
performance within the context of everyday situations
Age 6-15
,Brigance Inventory of Essential Skills (IES) - correct answerAssess skills needed for
successful students and adult functioning in individuals with special needs
Age 15-17
CAGE Questionnaire - correct answerAssess and screen alcohol use
4 questions
Age 18+
California Psychological Inventory (CPI) - correct answerUsed to investigate
interpersonal behavior and social interaction in individuals
434 item inventory
Age 13+
Carroll Depression Scale (CDS-R) - correct answerAssess the degree of depression in
adults
52 item
Age 18+
Carrow Elicited Language Inventory (CELI) - correct answerAssessment of speech and
language development
52 phrase and sentence stimuli
Age 3 to 7y11m
Columbia Mental Maturity Scale (CMMS) - correct answerIntended to screen the overall
reasoning capacity of children
92 picture and figures
Age 3y6m to 10y
Covi Anxiety Scale - correct answerMeasures the severity of anxiety symptoms
3 item verbal rapport
No Age Listed
Differential Aptitude Test (DAT) - correct answerAssess job aptitudes and skills
6 20min computerized tests
6th grade reading level
Eating Disorder Inventory-3 (EDI-3) - correct answerAssist in diagnosing eating
disorders
91 item
Age 13+
Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) - correct answerForced choice
personality inventory
15 personality variable scales
Age 16-85
,Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Test of Auditory Discrimination - correct answerAssess the
capability to differentiate speech sounds using two dissimilar backgrounds: noise and
quiet
Age Unknown
Halstead-Reitan Psychological Test Battery - correct answerEvaluate neurological
impaired patients
8 basic tests
Age 15+
Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAS or HAM-A) - correct answerAssessing anxiety symptoms
in people who were already diagnosed with anxiety disorders
14 item
Age Unknown
Hamilton Depression Scale (HDS or HAM-D) - correct answerAssessing symptoms of
depression
17 or 21 item
Age unknown
House-Tree-Person Interrogation Form - correct answerProtective assessment for
children and adults as an intelligence and personality test
60 questions
Age Children & Adults
IPAT Depression Scale - correct answerMeasuring the cognitive, emotional, and other
symptomatic issues associated with depression
36 item
Adults
Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (KABC-II) - correct answerEvaluate and
assess the cognitive development of children
Age 3-18
Luria_Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery (LNNB) - correct answerEvaluate
neurologically impaired patients (Brain Damage)
Multiple test types
Age 15+
Michigan Alcohol Screening Test Revised (MAST) - correct answerAssess and screens
only alcohol use
22 item questionnaire
Age unknown
Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III
, (MCMI-III) - correct answerAssess and evaluates personality and emotional disorders in
adolescents
478 True false
Age 14-18
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) - correct answerThis is a broad
based assessment of patterns of personality, emotional, and behavioral disorders in
adults.
567 True False
6th Grade Reading Level
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - correct answerAssess personality types of mostly
the high school and college populace. (16 personality types)
Multiple choice
Age Unknown
NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO PI-R) - correct answerAssess the Big Five
personality domains and six trait factors that define each of those domains
240 items
6th Grade Reading Level
Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) - correct answerAssess positive and
negative symptoms in patients with Schizophrenia
30 items
Age unknown
Psychological Screening Inventory (PSI) - correct answerAssessment tool to screen and
individual's mental health
130 item true false
Age Unknown
Rorschach Psychodiagnostic Test - correct answerInkblot test of intelligence and
personality
10 separate inkblots
Age 5+
Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, Fifth Edition (16PF) - correct answerFactor
analysis determined personality detentions
185 item
Age 16+
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB5) - correct answerEvaluates and
assess cognitive ability
5 areas with an IQ score
Age 2-85+
