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“+ Clinical psychology is that branch of psychology that has as its primary focus on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of abnormal behavior. “* Clinical help is the identity of psychological help because in its absence, psychological help will be reduced just to a common sense social help. ¢* Clinical assessment has a long history in the field of mental health. * Clinical assessment may be undertaken for various reasons and to answer a variety of important questions. *For the clinical psychologist working in a hospital, clinic, or other clinical setting, tools of assessment are frequently used to clarify the psychological problem, make a diagnosis, and/or design a treatment plan. Psychological testing in clinical setting is | performed for following purposes: QO) The Diagnosis of Mental Disorders # What is this person’s current level of functioning? * How does this level of functioning compare with that of other people of the same age? Does this patient has a mental disorder? and If so, what is the diagnosis? Some example of psychological tests used in clinical field: Millon Clinical Multi-axial Inventory-III_ (MCMI-II; Millon et al., 1994) Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II; Beck et al., 1996). Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) ( Hathaway & McKinley, 1940) The California Psychological Inventory (CPI) (Gough, 1987) The Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS) Bartone, Wright, Ingraham, and Ursano (1989) Projective personality tests (Rorschach Inkblot Test, TAT, etc. Special Applications of Clinical Measures = How can this person’s personality best be described? Gaining an understanding of the individual need not focus on psychopathology. People who do not have any mental disorder sometimes seek psychotherapy for personal growth or support in coping with a difficult set of life circumstances. = What are the psychological strengths of this individual? = The Assessment of Addiction and Substance Abuse. QO) Neuropsychological tests (brain-behaviour relationship) The branch of psychology that focuses on the relationship between brain functioning and behavior is known as neuropsychology. A specialty area within clinical psychology. Neuropsychologists study the nervous system as it relates to behavior by using various tools, including neuropsychological assessment. = Neuropsychological assessment may be defined as the evaluation of brain and | nervous system functioning as it relates to behavior. = Subspecialty areas within neuropsychology include: = Paediatric neuropsychology ® Geriatric neuropsychology = Forensic neuropsychology " School neuropsychology Sensory-perception exam-developed by Reitan and Klove (1984,1985) Finger localization test (A. L. Benton, 1994) Test of everyday attention (Robertson, Ward, Ridgeway and Nimmo Smith, 1994, 1996) Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task (Gronwall &Wrigtson, 1974; Gronwall & Sampson, 1974) The digit Span and Arithmetic subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale are recognized as good indices of immediate auditory attention Wechsler Memory Scale-IV (David Wechsler) * Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) Rey (1964) Schmidt (1996), Spreen & Strauss (1998). ® Fuld Object Memory Evaluation (1977) * Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test (Bender Gestalt Test; BGT; Bender, 1938) * The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test-64 Card Version (WCST-64; Kongs et al., 2000) * Halstead- Reitan Neuropsychological Battery (1993) ® Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery (Luria, 1966, 1973) 
