PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH BOARD
CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION TEST 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
◉ What does the BDI assessment stand for? Answer: Beck
Depression Inventory
◉ What does the BDI assessment tool evaluate? Answer: Measures
the presence and severity of depression
◉ What BDI score is associated with moderate depression? Answer:
19-29
◉ What does the BVC assessment tool stand for? Answer: Broset
Violence Checklist
◉ What does the BVC assessment tool evaluate? Answer: The degree
or risk a patient has of becoming violent.
Higher score = more likely they will become violent
◉ What does the CAGE assessment tool assess for? Answer: Assess
for drug and/or alcohol substance use disorder
,Score of 2 or greater indicates substance use disorder
◉ What does CAGE stand for? Answer: Cut, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye
Opener
Need to cut back, annoyed by criticism, guilty about use, eye opener
in the morning
◉ What does CIWA-AR stand for? Answer: Clinical Institute
Withdrawal Assessment form for Alcohol, Revised
◉ What does the CIWA-AR assessment tool assess for? Answer:
Alcohol withdrawal symptoms
Higher score = more severe withdrawal
◉ What does C-SSRS stand for? Answer: Columbia- Suicide Severity
Rating Scale
◉ What does C-SSRS evaluate? Answer: Reliably predicts the level of
risk an individual dying by suicide.
Higher the score, the more the patient is at risk
◉ What does COWS stand for? Answer: Clinical Opiate Withdrawal
Scales
,◉ What scores are considered to indicate severe withdrawal on the
COWS scale? Answer: Any score 36 + is considered severe
withdrawal
Mild 5-12, Moderate 13-24, Moderately Severe 25-36, Severe 36 +
◉ What is the Conners Rating Scale used to assess for? Answer:
Assesses for the presence and severity of ADHD in children and
adolescents 6-18 years old
◉ What score on the Conners Rating Score indicates a moderate
severity level of issues? Answer: 60-70
<60 = no issues, 60-70 = moderate issues, 70 + = severe issues
◉ What does the HAM-A Scale stand for? Answer: Hamilton Anxiety
Score
◉ What does the HAM-A Scale assess? Answer: Assesses degree of
anxiety, taking both physical and psychological symptoms into
consideration
Scores range 0-56; the higher the score, the worse the impairment
◉ What does the HEEADSSS Scale stand for? Answer:
Home/Education/Employment/Eating/Activities/Drugs/Suicide/Se
xuality/Safety
, ◉ What does the HEEADSSS Scale evaluate? Answer: A big picture
look of an adolescent's well-being
◉ What does the MSE stand for? Answer: Mental Status Exam
◉ What 9 areas of functioning does the MSE assess for? Answer: 1.
Appearance
2. Behavior
3. Mood
4. Affect
5. Thought process and content
6. Perception
7. Sensorium
8. Judgment
9. Insight
◉ What does a lower score on MSE indicate? Answer: Worse
impairment (the lower the score, the worse the impairment)
◉ What does the MMSE stand for? Answer: Mini Mental State Exam
CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION TEST 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
◉ What does the BDI assessment stand for? Answer: Beck
Depression Inventory
◉ What does the BDI assessment tool evaluate? Answer: Measures
the presence and severity of depression
◉ What BDI score is associated with moderate depression? Answer:
19-29
◉ What does the BVC assessment tool stand for? Answer: Broset
Violence Checklist
◉ What does the BVC assessment tool evaluate? Answer: The degree
or risk a patient has of becoming violent.
Higher score = more likely they will become violent
◉ What does the CAGE assessment tool assess for? Answer: Assess
for drug and/or alcohol substance use disorder
,Score of 2 or greater indicates substance use disorder
◉ What does CAGE stand for? Answer: Cut, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye
Opener
Need to cut back, annoyed by criticism, guilty about use, eye opener
in the morning
◉ What does CIWA-AR stand for? Answer: Clinical Institute
Withdrawal Assessment form for Alcohol, Revised
◉ What does the CIWA-AR assessment tool assess for? Answer:
Alcohol withdrawal symptoms
Higher score = more severe withdrawal
◉ What does C-SSRS stand for? Answer: Columbia- Suicide Severity
Rating Scale
◉ What does C-SSRS evaluate? Answer: Reliably predicts the level of
risk an individual dying by suicide.
Higher the score, the more the patient is at risk
◉ What does COWS stand for? Answer: Clinical Opiate Withdrawal
Scales
,◉ What scores are considered to indicate severe withdrawal on the
COWS scale? Answer: Any score 36 + is considered severe
withdrawal
Mild 5-12, Moderate 13-24, Moderately Severe 25-36, Severe 36 +
◉ What is the Conners Rating Scale used to assess for? Answer:
Assesses for the presence and severity of ADHD in children and
adolescents 6-18 years old
◉ What score on the Conners Rating Score indicates a moderate
severity level of issues? Answer: 60-70
<60 = no issues, 60-70 = moderate issues, 70 + = severe issues
◉ What does the HAM-A Scale stand for? Answer: Hamilton Anxiety
Score
◉ What does the HAM-A Scale assess? Answer: Assesses degree of
anxiety, taking both physical and psychological symptoms into
consideration
Scores range 0-56; the higher the score, the worse the impairment
◉ What does the HEEADSSS Scale stand for? Answer:
Home/Education/Employment/Eating/Activities/Drugs/Suicide/Se
xuality/Safety
, ◉ What does the HEEADSSS Scale evaluate? Answer: A big picture
look of an adolescent's well-being
◉ What does the MSE stand for? Answer: Mental Status Exam
◉ What 9 areas of functioning does the MSE assess for? Answer: 1.
Appearance
2. Behavior
3. Mood
4. Affect
5. Thought process and content
6. Perception
7. Sensorium
8. Judgment
9. Insight
◉ What does a lower score on MSE indicate? Answer: Worse
impairment (the lower the score, the worse the impairment)
◉ What does the MMSE stand for? Answer: Mini Mental State Exam
