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Hi all,
I have a question for you all. So far, I've had a ton of conflicting answers when I've asked people in my program, so I figured I would post her and go with whatever the majority says.
My question is about how to count integrated reports. APPIC instructions state: "This section should NOT include reports written from an interview that is only history-taking, a clinical interview, and/or only the completion of behavioral rating forms, where no additional psychological tests are administered. The definition of an integrated psychological testing report is a report that includes a review of history, results of an interview and at least two psychological tests from one or more of the following categories: personality measures, intellectual tests, cognitive tests, and neuropsychological tests."
My confusion with these instructions is what exactly constitutes a behavioral rating form. Do self-report sympom inventories fall under this category? If so, do reports that include only the BDI, PCL, etc. along with a comprehensive interview/history not count as integrated reports?
I have written 33 psychodiagnositc reports consisting of a comprehensive interview (which assessed functioning in nearly every possible domain), history, and at least two assessments such as the BDI, PCL, Mississippi, BAI, etc. These reports are very comprehensive-- usually at least 5 pages single-spaced-- and provide a multi-axal diagnoses and treatment reccomendations. Would you all count these as "integrated reports" for internship applications? I was initially afraid that counting these reports would be misleading, but since you have to report the number of each assessment that you used for a report, I thought that couting those reports may be OK as sites would be able to figure out what you are counting as a report. So, do you think I should I count these 33 reports as integrated reports?
The answer to this question makes a big difference for me because my number of integrated reports will be either 35 or 2, depending on whether those types of reports should be counted. If I don't count those 33 reports, I figured I should probably try to get my integrated report number up before November when it will be time for me to apply.
Thanks for all your help!
I have a question for you all. So far, I've had a ton of conflicting answers when I've asked people in my program, so I figured I would post her and go with whatever the majority says.
My question is about how to count integrated reports. APPIC instructions state: "This section should NOT include reports written from an interview that is only history-taking, a clinical interview, and/or only the completion of behavioral rating forms, where no additional psychological tests are administered. The definition of an integrated psychological testing report is a report that includes a review of history, results of an interview and at least two psychological tests from one or more of the following categories: personality measures, intellectual tests, cognitive tests, and neuropsychological tests."
My confusion with these instructions is what exactly constitutes a behavioral rating form. Do self-report sympom inventories fall under this category? If so, do reports that include only the BDI, PCL, etc. along with a comprehensive interview/history not count as integrated reports?
I have written 33 psychodiagnositc reports consisting of a comprehensive interview (which assessed functioning in nearly every possible domain), history, and at least two assessments such as the BDI, PCL, Mississippi, BAI, etc. These reports are very comprehensive-- usually at least 5 pages single-spaced-- and provide a multi-axal diagnoses and treatment reccomendations. Would you all count these as "integrated reports" for internship applications? I was initially afraid that counting these reports would be misleading, but since you have to report the number of each assessment that you used for a report, I thought that couting those reports may be OK as sites would be able to figure out what you are counting as a report. So, do you think I should I count these 33 reports as integrated reports?
The answer to this question makes a big difference for me because my number of integrated reports will be either 35 or 2, depending on whether those types of reports should be counted. If I don't count those 33 reports, I figured I should probably try to get my integrated report number up before November when it will be time for me to apply.
Thanks for all your help!