REPORT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

Confidential Material

NAME: Natalia Romanov
ALIAS: Natasha, Nat, Black Widow, Natalie Rushman,

DATE OF BIRTH: 11/22/1984

AGE: 32

MARITAL STATUS: Single

SEX: Female

OCCUPATION: Special Agent

PARENTS: Unknown

IDENTIFYING DATA AND REASON FOR REFERRAL:
Natalia is a 32 year old Caucasian female, who was referred for a psychological evaluation to determine her current behavioral, cognitive and emotional state. Natalia was formally an agent of KGB, but was discovered and flipped by Agent Barton. She resided with the Barton's for several months while recovering from KGB treatment. She became a SHIELD agent, and continued under the codename of Black Widow. During the Sokovia Accords, she went underground with Captain America's team. Currently, she is at an underground SHIELD facility, and has agreed to undergo this assessment.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Background information was obtained from her partner, Clint Barton,

her former handler, Nick Fury, and his United Nations Contact, Gen. Ross. This information was obtained from interview, developmental history and rating scales as well as medical records. This information appears to be from reliable sources and valid.

Current status of her cognizant and emotional behavior was obtained from observation during testing and from standardized psychological, neuropsychological and achievement tests. The validity of her performance on most tests was deemed to be accurate due to her cooperation and motivation to perform the tests.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Current Concern

Natalia is a highly-trained agent raised by the Black Widow program. When the avengers split, she sided with Tony, but secretly assisted Captain America. She returned to the compound with Captain America. However, Natalia feels guilt about betraying towards Tony Stark's team, due to their history. This assessment is to determine her current mental state, and assist in processing the events.

Medical and Developmental History

Pregnancy and birth: Natalia never knew her parents or her birthplace, however Sterns, a target she eliminated, placed her accent. According to Sterns, she was born in Stalingrad, currently called Volingard, the administrative center in an oblast in Russia.

Developmental history: Natalia was raised in the Red Room, a Soviet training facility for female government agents during the Cold War. At the training facility, she was trained in hand to hand combat, acrobatics, weapons training, tactical skills, and ballet training. The program was designed to create a mindset on a professional killer, who could follow orders to the letter, without guilt or remorse

Medical History: In the Red Room, she has suffered from multiple broken bones, pulled muscles, and horrible living conditions. When she graduated from the program, she went through a ceremony that made her infertile. On SHIELD missions she has sustained many minor injuries, including being captured and beaten by Ultron.

Family and Social History:

Natalia's parents are unknown, and she was raised in the Red Room. At the Red Room, Natalia was instructed by Madame B. In the Red Room, Natalia learned how to fight to the death. As a hired killer, she was trained to shut down emotions through routine drills and punishments. There she learned English and Western Culture, and she became friends with some girls at the Red Room. However when she became of age, she graduated from the program, where she was sterilized. During a mission, Natalia was discovered by Barton. She was taken to the Barton's home, where she recovered and agreed to train her. She became a SHIELD agent, and Agent Barton's partner. When Avengers was created, she joined and assisted several missions. She had a romantic relationship with Bruce Banner, but they have not spoken since the battle of Sokovia.

Summary of Previous Evaluations:

Natalia underwent multiple psychiatric evaluations while in training during the Red Room. However, the purpose of these evaluations was to maintain her mental stability during a mission, and not to bolster her emotional health. As such, they are useful in tracking her progress only as comparison to intelligence and adaptability, not to her psychological health. Once she came to SHIELD, she was reexamine and assessing her intelligence, personality, behavior, and coping strategies.

Behavior Observations

Testing Behavior

Natasha is a short tempered woman in the prime of life. She took part of all tests begrudgingly, indicating that it was an order. Throughout the interview, she was evasive about many of her emotions, saying they destruct her from a mission. If a subject, such as the Red Room, her partnership with Agent Barton, or her romantic feelings for Bruce Banner were brought up, she stated the topic was classified, and remained silent. Only after reporting to Nick Fury of her uncooperativeness, did Agent Romanoff allow herself to show any emotion. She mainly expressed concern for a few team members safety, and claimed little regret of any actions she ever committed.

Psychological Assessment

The clinical interviews for Natalia took place over two days. On the first day, the Assessment of Intellectual Functioning (IQ) and the clinical interview took place. A week later, she returned and the Personality Assessment and the Behavioral Assessment took place. After the test were complete, the client was debriefed.

TESTS ADMINISTERED

Standardized assessment targeted the domains of intelligence, learning processes, academic achievement and emotional/psychological development.

STANDARDIZED INSTRUMENTS:
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV)
Cognitive Assessment System
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
Myers Briggs Personality Assessment

Diagnostic Checklist for Paranoid Personality Disorder

INFORMATION ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES:
Development History Form
Interviews
Primary Sources Inventory

Behavior Observations
Review of SHIELD mission reports

Review of medical reports

RESULTS FROM TESTING

Using information from multiple sources, the following domains of functioning were analyzed in terms of the effect the on Natasha's cognizant and emotional assessment.

Assessment of Intellectual Functioning (IQ): The IQ was scored using WAIS-IV with the four index scores Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Reasoning, Working Memory, and Processing Speed. The combination of the scores was used to determine her intelligence functioning score at 134, placing her in the very superior intelligence category.

Personality Assessment. Based on the Myers-Briggs personality test, Natasha fits into the ISTP, or "virtuoso" personality. This personality can be described as private, practical, logical, flexible, and project-oriented. On the positive side, Natasha displays creativeness, quick thinking, spontaneity, and easy going nature. However, she can often be stubborn, insensitivity, unnecessarily risky, private, and difficult to date.

Clinical Interview. The clinical interview was a face to face interview conducted in the office. Results indicated that Natasha is a very reserved woman, but she also is passionate. She cares deeply for the members of the Avengers, particular Hawkeye, Hulk, Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor, referring to all of them as "her boys". Also, she is very close to members of Hawkey's family, and to select personnel at STARK INDUSTRIES, including Virginia Potts and Happy Hogan.

Natasha experienced a traumatic upbringing in the Red Room. She was trained to be ruthless, and not have a sense of morality. She developed morality as an adult, using interpersonal conformity, stage 3 in Eisenburg's moral development, living up to her role as a high-clearance SHEILD agent. This is demonstrated when the client refers to her past actions, committed in service to the KGB, as having "red on her ledger".

Clinical Diagnosis: Paranoid Personality Disorder

Diagnostic Criteria met for Paranoid Personality Disorder can be diagnosed by meeting four or more of seven criteria. Natasha meets the following four (4):

Constantly suspects that people are deceiving her

Reluctant to confide in others based on unwarranted fear that the information could be used against her

Persistently bears grudges

Perceives attacks on his or her character or reputation that are not apparent to others, and is quick to react angrily or to counterattack

SUMMARY

Natasha is a 32 year old Russian female who was referred for neuropsychological assessment to determine her mental and emotional status and to make recommendations regarding a treatment plan. She has experienced a painful upbringing that resulted in developing Paranoid Personality Disorder. An evaluation of her early development, cognitive capability, emotional status and mental status resulted in a determination of a complex set of characteristics that are contribution to her difficulties.

Natasha performed at a very superior range of cognitive functioning with notable distinction in verbal functions. Excellent abstract cognitive capability was noted for abstract thinking in both verbal and nonverbal visual spatial modalities. These good capabilities are reflected by her outstanding ability to survey situations and eliminate targets. Her oral language is also mature, demonstrated by her multi-lingual communication skills. Her academic skills are all within the average or above level.

She demonstrates some positive symptoms of Paranoid Personality Disorder. Most likely the underlying cause is her upbringing in Soviet program Black Widow which valued manipulation and ruthlessness to cultivate an assassin's lifestyle. Training focused on suppressing emotions to accomplish any mission. Any treatment must address her developmental abuse.

Treatment

In order to best serve Natasha's needs, there is a major area that will be targeted for effective intervention.

Psychotherapy. Therapy will only be useful if a level of trust is developed and maintained with the client.

This will be developed by the client agreeing to a bi-weekly sessions with the knowledge, that she can refuses sessions at any time. However, any refusal will be reflected in her file and may impact mission assignments.

The purpose of these sessions will be to examine which aspects of the client's life is causing and eliminating paranoid thought process.

At this time medication is not recommended.

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