chaos said:
I know they use the WAIS-II (or is it III?) at the place where I RA. I thnk they use some other measures too, but I don't remember which.
The better way to think about it is by domain. Every pathological condition will have "modal" deficits, those that occur most often as well as spared or even enhanced (Asperger's) function not thought to occur and then some in between.
Batteries are selected based on the ability to capture (sensitivity) these deficits and with adaquate normative data for the type of pathology. There is no "set" battery, although in head injury the Halstead-Reitan Expanded NP Battery is used often. Many use a "flexible" battery or "set" by disorder, Rao Battery in MS patients for instance.
All domain assessments change by age, geriatric, adlut, child.
IQ
WISC-IV
WAIS-III
WPPSI-III
Memory
WMS-III
MAS
RAVLT
CVLT
BVMT
RCFT
Exec
Trails A&B
COWAT
WCST
HCT
Stroop
CPT-II
GDS
this domain is assessed by subset of orbital/ventral-medial/dorsal-lateral, when possible, although these distinctions are far from clear when it comes to test data
you go on from there through domains of language - receptive/expressive/confrontational naming/fluency/etc
Visual spatial, sensory/motor, etc, etc
there are then "microbatteries" RBANS, DRS-2, Cognistat, for screens and gero patients
and batteries for kids - NEPSY
The tests are less important than the understanding of the pathology, but that gives you an idea
