Mid-America Psychological Services
Our accurate diagnosis of your condition will allow you to pursue effective treatment options. Get in touch with Mid-America Psychological & Counseling Services today! Your most important tool in finding an effective treatment plan for mental illness is an accurate diagnosis. We have the expertise you need and the compassion you want when choosing a mental health professional to assess your condition.
Our staff is fully equipped to assess a wide range of neuropsychology disorders and conditions, including:
- Assessment of learning disorders
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Head trauma
- Stroke
- Parkinson’s disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Dementia
- Competency evaluations
Psychological evaluation is defined as a way of assessing an individual’s behavior, personality, cognitive abilities, and several other domains. The purpose behind many modern psychological evaluations is to try to pinpoint what is happening in someone’s psychological life that may be inhibiting their ability to behave or feel in more appropriate or constructive ways; it is the mental equivalent of physical examination. Other psychological evaluations seek to better understand the individual’s unique characteristics or personality to predict things like workplace performance or customer relationship management.
Earliest accounts of evaluation are seen as far back as 2200 B.C. when Chinese emperors were assessed to determine their fitness for office. These rudimentary tests were developed over time until 1370 A.D. when an understanding of classical Confucianism was introduced as a testing mechanism. As a preliminary evaluation for anyone seeking public office, candidates were required to spend one day and one night in a small space composing essays and writing poetry over assigned topics. Only the top 1% to 7% were selected for higher evaluations, which required three separate session of three days and three nights performing the same tasks. This process continued for one more round until a final group emerged, comprising less than 1% of the original group, became eligible for public office. The Chinese failure to validate their selection procedures, along with widespread discontent over such grueling processes, resulted in the eventual abolishment of the practice by royal decree.