Accidental Discharge: Psychiatric test for serving Policemen — IGP Inspector - General of Police (I - G), Mr. Solomon Arase, has said that the Nigeria Police Force is considering conducting
psychiatric test on recruits and serving officers to determine their mental capabilities.
He was thereafter arrested and detained at the base, while the air force authorities were reported to have ordered
a psychiatric test on the suspect, saying the circumstances of the case required the test before his eventual dismissal and prosecution for the crime.
Not exact matches
The White House told reporters
on Monday that
psychiatric tests would not be conducted as part of the president's physical, but did not explicitly rule out cognitive assessments.
The study published in the journal Schizophrenia Bulletin reports preliminary results showing that a blood
test, when used in
psychiatric patients experiencing symptoms that are considered to be indicators of a high risk for psychosis, identifies those who later went
on to develop psychosis.
Such a
test might show how well Prozac or some other
psychiatric drug would work
on one particular person's depression.
At the end of their stays, their scores
on test called the brief
psychiatric rating scale had improved by an average of nearly 20 per cent.
They may include urine
tests, imaging scans,
psychiatric questionnaires, and blood
tests, depending
on other symptoms.
Typical products in this area are analyzers or kit type
tests that identify and / or monitor (similarly to the clinical laboratory) thyroid disorders, fertility management, drugs of abuse,
psychiatric drug management, oncology diagnosis and prognosis, bleeding complications and the list goes
on...... However, these
tests are typically not used for patient care.
,
psychiatric drug management, oncology diagnosis and prognosis, bleeding complications and the list goes
on...... The key defining attribute here is that patient care is directly impacted by these results and as such these
tests are highly regulated.
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry American
Psychiatric Association public information section National Alliance
on Mental Illness National Institute of Mental Health ADHD & Depression medication guides from APA / AACAP National Mental Health Association Nemours Foundation Encyclopedia of mental health information
Tests, support groups, and articles
on various disorders Psychology Information Online APA's site for monitoring parity issues related to
psychiatric care National Institute
on Drug Abuse National Institute
on Drug Abuse for Teens American Psychological Association California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists Parents Helping Parents Autism Speaks Autism Society of America
• Not only do they have access to Diagnostic assessments but other
psychiatric testing as needed in addition to both individual and family or relational counseling
On top of these services, clients are also going to be able to access a la carte services soon, such as trauma - specific groups and more.
To
test the main hypothesis, an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was performed
on the 39 SCQ items and the results were compared with a previous factor analysis of the SCQ in a sample of children with ASD and other
psychiatric problems (Berument et al. 1999).
Before assessing the effect of ETLE exposure and MAOA genotype
on risk for increased physical aggression, we first
tested whether subgroups in our sample differed significantly for the distribution of
psychiatric diagnosis, ETLE exposure, and MAOA genotype.