Name
Poster 37 - 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.

Co-Authors
Lauren Ferry, PsyD, Postdoctoral Fellow/Supervised Psychologist, WVU Medicine: Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, Martinsburg, WV
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Primary Care Behavioral Health Model, Quality improvement programs, Team-based care
Session Type
Poster
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