Assessment

Psychological Testing & Assessment

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Comprehensive psychological assessment, testing and evaluation can prove to be invaluable tools for the attorney in both civil and criminal cases. Through the use of in-depth interviews and an extensive battery of standardized tests with highly reproducible and visual results, an integrated psychological and behavioral profile emerges. Through assessment, specific behaviors can be put in context, accurate diagnoses made, the severity of disturbance understood, informed recommendations proffered and prognoses determined.

USES OF ASSESSMENT

  •  Clarification of cognitive, emotional and psychological functioning
  •  Description of interpersonal relationships
  •  Appraisal and prediction of capacity for control

APPLICATIONS

  •  Determination of competency, diminished capacity, impaired judgment and
    mitigating circumstances
  •  Bail hearings
  •  Sentencing
  •  Assessment of sexual abuse allegations
  •  Substantiation of post-traumatic stress disorder
  •  Custody determination
  •  Competency