Psychological testing — also called psychological assessment — is the foundation of how psychologists better understand a person and their behavior. It is a process of problem solving for many professionals — to try and determine the core components of a person’s psychological or mental health problems, personality, IQ, or some other component. It is also a process that helps identifies not just weaknesses of a person, but also their strengths. Psychological testing is not a single test or even a single type of test. It encompasses a dozens of research-backed tests and procedures of assessing specific aspects of a person’s psychological makeup. Some tests are used to determine IQ, others are used for personality, and still others for something else.

Psychological tests offer a formal way to measure traits, feelings, beliefs and abilities that can lead to people's problems. Some tests assess the presence of certain conditions, such as depression, anxiety, anger control or susceptibility to stress. Other tests measure general well being and provide an overall picture of a person's personality. A psychological testing is a standardized situation in which a person’s behavior is sampled, observed and described.

Upon a referral for psychological testing, one should recognize that the intent is to gain a deeper, more complete understanding of the problem. Such a referral does not mean that the problem is particularly serious, difficult to understand or complex. It just means that additional information is needed before designing the best approach to address the problem. “The practice of psychiatry without the assistance of modern psychological testing is as old-fashioned and out-of-date as would be the practice of orthopedics without the X-ray.” Few tests named are as -

Adult ADD Screening Test

For helping to determine whether you have symptoms commonly associated with adult attention deficit disorder(ADHD/ADD).

Anxiety Screening Test

For helping to determine whether you have symptoms commonly associated with an anxiety disorder, such as panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder.

Autism / Asperger's Test

For helping to determine whether you have symptoms commonly associated with an autism spectrum disorder, such as autism or Asperger's.

Bipolar Screening Test

For helping to determine whether you have symptoms commonly associated with bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depression.

Depression Test

For helping to determine whether you have symptoms commonly associated with depression, and to track your depressive feelings over time.

Mania Test

For helping to determine whether you have symptoms commonly associated with a manic episode (or mania, a part of bipolar disorder), and to track your manic feelings over time. Also, consider taking theBipolar Screening Quiz.

Eating Disorder Screening Test

A quick, 5-question screen for helping to determine whether you have symptoms commonly associated with an eating disorder, such as anorexiaor bulimia.

OCD Screening Test

For helping to determine whether you have symptoms commonly associated with adult obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

PTSD Screening Quiz for Child Injury

For helping to determine whether you or your child have symptoms commonly associated withposttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Schizophrenia Screening Test

For helping to determine whether you have symptoms commonly associated with schizophrenia.

ADULT BEHAVIOUR CHECKLIST
ANALYSE YOURSELF

Read the following checklist carefully and mark your answers in "YES" or "NO".

01.	I get along badly with my family	Yes	No
02.	I accidently get hurt a lot	Yes	No
03.	I am impulsive or act without thinking	Yes	No
04.	I am mean to others	Yes	No
05.	I am nervous or tense	Yes	No
06.	I am self conscious and easily embarrassed	Yes	No
07.	I am stubborn or irritable	Yes	No
08.	I am too dependent on others	Yes	No
09.	I am too forgetful	Yes	No
10.	I am too impatient	Yes	No
11.	I am too shy or timid	Yes	No
12.	I argue a lot	Yes	No
13.	I blame others for my problems	Yes	No
14.	I brag	Yes	No
15.	I break rules at work or elsewhere	Yes	No
16.	I can’t get my mind off certain thoughts	Yes	No
17.	I cry a lot	Yes	No
18.	I damage or destroy my things	Yes	No
19.	I day dream a lot	Yes	No
20.	I deliberately try to hurt or kill myself	Yes	No
21.	I don’t feel guilty after doing something I shouldn’t	Yes	No
22.	I don’t get along with other people	Yes	No
23.	I fail to finish things I should do	Yes	No
24.	I feel confused or in fog	Yes	No
25.	I feel dizzy or light headed	Yes	No
26.	I feel lonely	Yes	No
27.	I feel restless or fidgety	Yes	No
28.	I feel that I have to be perfect	Yes	No
29.	I feel tired without good reason	Yes	No
30.	I feel worthless or inferior	Yes	No
31.	I get in many fights	Yes	No
32.	I have a speech problem	Yes	No
33.	I have lot of physical problems without known medical causes	Yes	No
34.	I have trouble concentrating or paying attention for long	Yes	No
35.	I have trouble keeping a job	Yes	No
36.	I have trouble making decisions	Yes	No
37.	I have trouble making or keeping friends	Yes	No
38.	I have trouble planning for the future	Yes	No
39.	I have trouble sitting still	Yes	No
40.	I have trouble sleeping	Yes	No
41.	I hear sounds or voices that aren’t actually present	Yes	No
42.	I lack self- confidence	Yes	No
43.	I lie or cheat	Yes	No
44.	I sleep more than most other people during day/ or night	Yes	No
45.	I stay away from my job even when I’m not sick or on vacation	Yes	No
46.	I steal	Yes	No
47.	I talk too much	Yes	No
48.	I tend to lose things	Yes	No
49.	I think about sex too much	Yes	No
50.	I try to get a lot of attention	Yes	No
51.	I use drugs	Yes	No
52.	I use drugs for non medical purposes	Yes	No
53.	I wish I were of opposite sex	Yes	No
54.	I worry about my future	Yes	No
55.	I worry about my relations with opposite sex	Yes	No
56.	My mood swings between elation and depression	Yes	No
57.	My relations with the opposite sex are poor	Yes	No
58.	My work performance is poor	Yes	No
59.	Parts of my body make nervous movements	Yes	No

If you have observed any of the above mentioned symptoms or more in yourself that is hindering your behaviour, personality, relationship, family or work, don’t ignore. In future it may take ugly turn and might result into a severe problem, it requires Psychological Intervention.
For further assistance please feel free to contact:

“PSYCHOLOGICAL WING”

PRABAL DRUG DE- ADDICTION CENTRE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL,
SP-21, SECTOR-C, CHETAN VIHAR COLONY,
(NEAR REGIONAL SCIENCE CENTRE)
ALIGANJ, LUCKNOW-20
PH NO: 09415102407.