CECAD: Specialized Instrument for Emotional Assessment
Service Description
The Clinical Educational Questionnaire for Anxiety and Depression (CECAD) is our specialized tool for the early detection of emotional disorders in children, adolescents, and adults. Beyond a simple diagnosis, the CECAD allows us to delve into the client's inner world, evaluating not only anxiety and depression, but also critical dimensions such as:
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Feelings of Uselessness and Irritability: Keys to Understanding Self-Esteem and Frustration Tolerance.
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Automatic Thoughts: We identify those recurring negative cognitive patterns that perpetuate discomfort.
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Psychophysiological Symptoms: We evaluate how emotions manifest in the body (somatization).
Detecting these signs early is vital to prevent negative repercussions on academic performance, social relationships, and personal satisfaction.
An essential tool for Clinical Psychology and adult well-being.
The Brief Symptom Checklist (BSC-50) is a fundamental psychometric test in psychological assessment. Using a self-report format for adults, it consists of 50 items that offer a quick and in-depth measurement of psychological indicators, making it key for diagnosis and personalized treatment planning.
Three Pillars of the LSB-50 for a Reliable Assessment
✅ 1. Validity and Objectivity
It includes validity scales to detect inconsistent or exaggerated responses, ensuring the reliability and objectivity of the evaluation results.
📊 2. Global Indices
It provides an overview of the level of psychopathological suffering. It measures the severity, total number, and intensity of the symptoms present.
🧠 3. Clinical Profile
It details the specific manifestations of the symptoms. It allows the professional to obtain an accurate map of the areas most affected.
The 8 Key Clinical Scales
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Psychoreactivity and Hypersensitivity: Measures interpersonal sensitivity, self-image, and excessive self-evaluation.
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Obsession-Compulsion: Evaluates the presence of continuous doubts, intrusive thoughts, and the existence of mental or behavioral rituals.
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Anxiety: Explore manifestations of anxiety, from panic attacks and phobic anxiety to generalized anxiety disorder.
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Hostility: It focuses on the loss of emotional control, measuring aggressiveness, anger, rage, or resentment.
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Somatization: Identifies bodily or somatic discomfort that may be a consequence of psychological processes (somatization).
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Depression: Measures key aspects such as sadness, hopelessness, guilt, anhedonia, anergy, and self-destructive ideation.
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Sleep Disorders: Explores rest problems that interfere with health and well-being, and helps to discriminate their origin (anxiety/depression).
If you are interested in a psychological assessment of clinical or emotional indicators, please feel free to write to us or call us at +507 6535 6362 and we will be happy to assist you.