The Treatment Intervention Inventory (TII) is specifically developed for adult (male and female) counseling and treatment intake assessment. The TII is appropriate for use in counseling settings, HMO's, EAP programs, treatment intake, etc. This test identifies problems that warrant referral, intervention, counseling or treatment.

Two important clinical decisions are, Does the client (patient) have a problem? And if so, what is the "severity" of the problem? Counselors (evaluators, therapists, treatment staff, mental health professionals, etc.) must determine "problem severity" so they can match problem severity with treatment "intensity." Properly matching problem severity with treatment intensity is important for program success or treatment effectiveness.

In some settings (HMO's EAP programs, etc.) the Treatment Intervention Inventory (TII) is important for appropriate intervention, counseling or treatment referral, whereas in other (counseling, treatment, etc.) settings the TII is incorporated in intake screening.

The Treatment Intervention Inventory (TII) consists of 162 items and takes 36 minutes to complete. The TII has nine (9) scales (measures).

1. Truthfulness Scale: Measures how truthful the client (patient) was while completing the Treatment Intervention Inventory (TII). This scale identifies denial, problem minimization and attempts to "fake good." Most, if not all, experienced evaluators appreciate the value of a test having a built in Truthfulness Scale

2. Anxiety Scale: Measures nervousness, apprehension, and somatic correlates of Anxiety. This scale varies directly with experienced symptomotology. Many examiners describe anxiety with terms like worried, fearful, foreboding and "non-directed fear."

3. Depression Scale: Measures dejected, self-depreciating, unhappy, crestfallen, sadness, melancholy, dysphoria, etc. Self-depreciating emotional states vary from normal unhappiness to pathological (intense and chronic) depression.

4. Self-Esteem: Reflects an individual's explicit valuing and appraisal of self. Self-Esteem incorporates and an attitude of acceptance - approval versus rejection - disapproval. Self-Esteem is a term that summarizes how a person feels about them self.

5. Distress Scale: Measures experienced pain, worry, sorrow and distress. Distress can involve mental, emotional and physical strain. Distress is one of the most common reasons people seek counseling or help.

6. Family Issues Scale: Measures family stability, problems and concerns. The client rates their own family stability, problems and concerns as they perceive them - with all their own biases.

7. Alcohol Scale: Measures the client's alcohol use and the severity of abuse. Alcohol refers to beer, wine and other liquors. This scale measures the "severity" of alcohol abuse which enables the evaluator to match the severity of alcohol abuse with treatment intensity.

8. Drugs Scale: Measures illicit drug use and the "severity" of abuse. Drugs refer to marijuana, crack, cocaine, amphetamines, barbiturates, ecstasy, heroin, etc. Evaluators can match severity of drug abuse with treatment program intensity.

9. Stress Coping Abilities Scale: Measures how well the client copes with stress. Stress exacerbates emotional and mental health psychopathology. A Stress Coping Abilities Scale score at or above the 90th percentile identifies the presence of established emotional or mental health problems.

Why use the Treatment Intervention Inventory? The TII is an objective and standardized self-report test with impressive reliability, validity and accuracy. Each detection of attitudinal, emotional and physical problems increase the probability of successful intervention, counseling or treatment. And all of the TII scales (measures) measure the severity of the client's problem, which enables evaluators (assessors and screeners) to match problem severity with appropriate treatment program intensity This "matching" is an important factor in treatment effectiveness. At one sitting of approximately 30 to 35 minutes duration, staff acquires a vast amount of problem and treatment-related information. Early problem identification facilitates timely intervention and treatment effectiveness.

Reliability & Validity: The TII's reliability and validity statistics are reported in the "TII : Inventory of Scientific Findings" research document which can be provided upon request. Early TII validation studies involved other tests that tested the same thing. These criterion group research studies are reported in the TII Research document. Impressive empirically demonstrated validity research supports the TII's validity and reliability. For example the internal consistencies (coefficient alpha) for TII scales are reported in the following table for TII clients assessed in the year 2002.

All TII scales are highly reliable. All alpha coefficients are well above the professionally accepted standard of .75 These results clearly demonstrate that the TII is a reliable test.

To review a TII Research study click on TII Research Study link.

To review a TII example report study click on TII Example Report link.