Ego Function Assessment (EFA) : A Manual

The EGO FUNCTION ASSESSMENT MANUAL & the EFA Blank (each book comes complete with one copy of the blank) is based upon extensive research on operational definitions & quantitative statements for 12 of the most important ego functions. Bellak's Ego Function Assessment (EFA) method has been described as a valuable "bridge between descriptive & dynamic personality assessment." EFA is the result of three years of research by as many as 20 professionals, supported by nearly a million dollars of NIMH grants. 12 ego functions were culled from repeated assessments to arrive as the 12 functions with high construct validity & interrater reliability, namely: Reality Testing-Judgment-Sense of Reality-Regulation & Control of Drives-Object Relations-Thought Processes-ARISE (Adaptive Regression in the Service of the Ego)-Defensive Functions-Stimulus Barrier-Autonomous Functions-Synthetic Functions-Mastery Competence. The original research reported in SCHIZOPHRENICS, NEUROTICS & NORMALS (Bellak, Hurvich & Gediman, Wiley 1973) & THE BROAD SCOPE OF EGO FUNCTION ASSESSMENT (Bellak & Goldsmith, Wiley, 1984) are somewhat cumbersome for the working clinician. The EFA Manual makes it practical for the clinician, serving as a guide for assessment & as a record of the level of functioning. In this form it has been used by the New York City Police Department, as well as departments in the city of New Orleans.Bellak, Leopold is the author of 'Ego Function Assessment (EFA) : A Manual', published 1989 under ISBN 9780918863027 and ISBN 0918863023.