A comprehensive psychiatric assessment will be done as part of an initial evaluation at the clinic. You will be requested to book an appointment to see Dr Aju Abraham, who will be doing the initial assessment, which will include a mental health evaluation and certain blood tests which are both essential parts of a routine psychiatric evaluation prior to commencing any form of treatment at the clinic. In some cases, psychometric assessments may be recommended depending on the nature of the presenting problem.

Given below are some of the conditions that can be assessed at Dr Aju's Clinic:

Following the completion of the psychiatric evaluation, if any problem is identified, Dr Aju will offer different options for treatment which may include treatment with medications that will help to cure or alleviate the problems identified and/or psychological treatments such as simple form of Supportive Counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy/Behavioural Therapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Marital/Relationship Counselling, Family Therapy, Group Therapy etc, depending on what is seen as most appropriate for treating the problems an individual, couple or family presents with. 

Psychometric Assessments Done At The Clinic:

Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children IV – (WISC-IV) 

Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition (KABC-II) 

 

Raven’s Educational Tests 

 

Memory tests:

Children’s Memory Scale 

Wechsler Memory Scale IV (WMS IV) 

The Wechsler Individual Achievement Test Second Edition (WIAT-II)

 

Test of Everyday Attention for children (TEACH) 

Test of Variable Attention (TOVA)

Aptitude Tests:

Differential Aptitude Test (DAT) 

Behavioral Scales:

Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale 

Vineland Social Emotional Early Childhood Scales 

Behaviour Assessment Schedule for Children 2 (BASC-2) 

Developmental Assessment:

Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development 

Personality Tests:

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Adolescent (MMPI – A) 

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) 

Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) 

Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) 

Million Preadolescent Clinical Inventory (MPACI)

16 PF 

Others:

Benton Visual Retention Test