Brief Case Summary: Wechsler Adult Intelligence And Personality Disorder

Mr. Bumble is a 37-year-old, orange, single male who was referred to Maddox and Associates to determine if the defendant is legally incompetent to stand trial as defined by Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 4241. Mr. Bumble has been held at the State Penitentiary since April 3, 1091 for the allege murder of a state police ranger which is a violation of Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 1111 and 1114. Mr. Bumble reports having three prior hospitalizations to stabilize his mental status, in addition to diagnosis of Brief Reactive Psychosis, Antisocial Personality Traits, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Chronic Undifferentiated Schizophrenia. His current diagnosis is Schizophrenia, Paranoid Type, Chronic; personality disorders have been deferred,
Bumble is: (a) Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III (WAIS-III) to assess his intelligence and cognitive functions. The scoring indicates the severity of intellectual disability (score below 69) or if the individual is gifted (scores above 130) individual is gifted (Axelroda el at., 2001). (b) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Test –II (MMPI-II) was used to asses for personality disorders and psychopathology. When evaluating the scores, high scores indicates psychiatric disorders and low scores indicates the individual’s personality. (c) Rorschach Inkblot Test (Exner scoring system) assess the defendant’s the psychological functioning (e.g. degree of introversion or extraversion, level of anxiety, suicide etc.). (d) Bender Motor Gestalt Test and Bender Motor Gestalt Test-Immediate Recall assess for development delay (e.g. visual-motor functioning, visual-perceptual skills, neurological impairment, emotional disturbances, and memory storage and retrieval problems) in children and adult. (e) Rey’s 15-Item Test and the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms was used to assess to detect faking or exaggeration of memory problems. (f) Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) was employed to assess for psychopathic or antisocial tendencies (Jackson,
The first concern is the forensic psychologist was requested to determine if Mr. Bumble was competent to stand trial, as well as for a mental health diagnoses. With this being said, the forensic psychologist was functioning in a dual-relationship. According to the Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychologist (APA, 2015) section 4.02 Multiple Relationship- states the forensic psychologist is practicing two different roles with the same client. Therapeutic-Forensic Role Conflicts (4.02.01) states performing in the manner of both the forensic psychologist and proving therapeutic services to the same client is a dual relationship which can impair objectivity, as a result causing exploitation or harm to the client (APA, 2015). With this being said, the forensic psychologist should have contacted the attorney to clarify their role in the case. Forensic psychologists are to provide information based upon their knowledge and experience, and to distinguish legal opinion. Competency - section -2.04: Knowledge of the Legal System and the Legal Rights of Individuals states the forensic psychologist must have functional and reasonable knowledge, as well as understanding of the standards, laws, and rules pertaining to the courts (APA,