Discussion Questions
Answer each question Individually using at least one citation per answer.
1.Discuss the importance of using the MMPI-2-RF when assessing the emotional status of a client. Can the MMPI-2-RF be useful in assessing mental status as well? Why or why not? Provide specific examples to support your position.
2.What are some strengths and challenges of Beck’s Depression Scale for assessing emotional status? Do you feel that this scale is a good method to assess emotional status? Why or why not? Provide specific examples to support your position.
3.Identify two types of assessments discussed in the textbook, and/or additional readings. How could the use of technology impact the administration of these assessments? Do you feel that the incorporation of technology would be a benefit to administration? Why or why not? Provide specific examples to support your position.
4.Identify and discuss the standards for the use of technology in the counseling setting according to your state governing board and the ACA. What are potential implications for the counselor if these standards are not followed?
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According to Butcher, (2010), the outcomes of MMPI-2 assist the person administering the test to come up with suggestions about the customer’s healthy behaviors and he or she is thinking. The results that come out as a result of the test helps the examinee to determine the severity of the damage, how he/she perceives life, they step he takes in solving problems, mood swings, probable diagnoses, and problems that might occur during the treatment of the person taking the test. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 is applicable in a broad range of situations for a range of processes. It is mostly applied as part of assessing psychiatric, diagnosing differentials of inpatient and outpatient assessments. MMPI-2 useful in assessing mental status as well for example it can be applied by adept eyewitnesses in forensic situations as
a part of the assessment of a suspects mental wellbeing especially in cases involving law-breaking.
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