Are TOPF and WRAT WR Interchangeable Measures among Psychiatric Inpatients?

Objective: To examine whether Test of Premorbid Functioning (TOPF) and Wide Range Achievement Test-Word Reading subtest (WRAT WR) are interchangeable measures, and the relationship between these measures and intelligence, among patients with schizophrenia.

Method: In this archival study, the authors examined neuropsychology referrals of an inpatient forensic state hospital. Patients with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD) who received the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition or the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence-Second Edition and either TOPF or WRAT WR were considered for inclusion.

The relationship between self-reported neuropsychological risk factors and RBANS test performance among forensically committed psychiatric inpatients.

Patients who are committed to a psychiatric inpatient hospital are at increased risk for neuropsychological compromise. This study investigated a large (n = 260) and diverse sample of patients at a forensic state psychiatric hospital. A substantial proportion (35.

Is the repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status factor structure appropriate for inpatient psychiatry? An exploratory and higher-order analysis.

The present study, utilizing a sample of inpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder (n = 167), examined the factor structure of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS). Principal axis exploratory factor analysis, multiple factor extraction criteria, and higher-order factor analysis were used. Results were inconsistent with the five-factor structure of the RBANS purported in the test manual.

Attachment, social support, and responses following the death of a companion animal.

This research tested hypotheses concerning attachment, social support, and grief responses to the loss of animal companionship. Participants whose companion cat or dog had recently died (N = 429) completed the Attachment Style Questionnaire, the Inventory of Complicated Grief, and the Multidimensional Health Profile-Psychosocial Functioning questionnaires. Both attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance were found to be positively associated with respondents' grief, depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms.