Name
Physician and APP Perspectives on Psychological Testing Reports
Date & Time
Friday, October 17, 2025, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Description
Psychological assessment is often an integral element of a patient's behavioral health treatment. Behavioral health providers in integrated settings have an obligation to report assessment results in a clinically useful and accessible way to facilitate their use in patient care. This presentation provides results from a study in which we investigated physician and APP perspectives on psychological testing reports and asked for their opinions on how to improve the clinical utility of testing reports.
Speakers
Jonathan Deiches PhD, Assistant Professor, WVU School of Medicine, Shepherdstown, WV
Luke Badley MSW, WVU Medicine,
Lauren Ferry MA, WVU Medicine,
Rachael Englund MA, WVU Medicine,
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Primary Care Behavioral Health Model, Quality improvement programs, Team-based care
Session Type
Poster
SIG or Committee
Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH)
Objective 1
Articulate the ethical and professional responsibilities of behavioral health providers to provide accessible and useful psychological testing reports
Objective 2
Describe existing data on physician and APP perspectives on usefulness of testing reports and how providers utilize testing reports
Objective 3
Identify ways to improve the clinical utility of psychological testing reports in integrated care settings
Content Reference 1
Eriksen, J. L., & Cormier, D. C. (2024). Considering ethical obligations to overcome stagnant psychological report-writing practices. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 55, 336.
Content Reference 2
Butt, Z. (2016). In pursuit of empirically supported assessment for use in medical settings. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 23, 382-402.
Content Reference 3
Robinson, P.J., Reiter, J.T. (2025). Assessment and Intervention in Primary Care Behavioral Health. In: Behavioral Consultation and Primary Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-72150-2_9