Handbook Of Psychological Assessment.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Alexander Street (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	John Wiley & Sons 2009.
Subjects:	Psychological tests. Personality assessment. Tests psychologiques. Personnalité > Évaluation. Electronic books. Electronic resource.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover13;
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
ORGANIZATION OF THE HANDBOOK
ROLE OF THE CLINICIAN
PATTERNS OF TEST USAGE IN CLINICAL ASSESSMENT
EVALUATING PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
VALIDITY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
CLINICAL JUDGMENT
PHASES IN CLINICAL ASSESSMENT
RECOMMENDED READING
Chapter 2: CONTEXT OF CLINICAL ASSESSMENT
TYPES OF REFERRAL SETTINGS
ETHICAL PRACTICE OF ASSESSMENT
ASSESSING DIVERSE GROUPS
SELECTING PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
COMPUTER-ASSISTED ASSESSMENT
RECOMMENDED READING
Chapter 3: THE ASSESSMENT INTERVIEW
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
ISSUES RELATED TO RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
ASSETS AND LIMITATIONS
THE ASSESSMENT INTERVIEW AND CASE HISTORY
MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION
INTERPRETING INTERVIEW DATA
STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS
RECOMMENDED READING
Chapter 4: BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
ISSUES RELATED TO RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
ASSETS AND LIMITATIONS
STRATEGIES OF BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
RECOMMENDED READING
Chapter 5: WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALES
TESTING OF INTELLIGENCE: PRO AND CON
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
ASSETS AND LIMITATIONS
USE WITH DIVERSE GROUPS
MEANING OF IQ SCORES
CAUTIONS AND GUIDELINES IN ADMINISTRATION
WAIS-IV/WISC-IV SUCCESSIVE-LEVEL INTERPRETATION PROCEDURE
WECHSLER INDEXES AND SUBTESTS
ASSESSING BRAIN DAMAGE
ASSESSING ADDITIONAL SPECIAL POPULATIONS
SHORT FORMS
RECOMMENDED READING
Chapter 6: WECHSLER MEMORY SCALES
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
ASSETS AND LIMITATIONS
USE WITH DIVERSE GROUPS
INTERPRETATION PROCEDURE
INTERPRETING PATTERNS OF INDEX SCORES
COMPARING SCORES ON THE WAIS-IV AND THE WMS-IV
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS: MALINGERING AND EVALUATING CHANGE
RECOMMENDED READING
Chapter 7: MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
ASSETS AND LIMITATIONS
USE WITH DIVERSE GROUPS
ADMINISTRATION
INTERPRETATION PROCEDURE
COMPUTERIZED INTERPRETATION
VALIDITY SCALES
CLINICAL SCALES
2-POINT CODES
MMPI-2 CONTENT SCALES
MMPI-A CONTENT SCALES
HARRIS-LINGOES AND
SUBSCALES
CRITICAL ITEMS
MMPI-2 AND MMPI-A SUPPLEMENTARY SCALES
RECOMMENDED READING
Chapter 8: MILLON CLINICAL MULTIAXIAL INVENTORY
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
ASSETS AND LIMITATIONS
USE WITH DIVERSE GROUPS
INTERPRETATION PROCEDURE
MODIFYING INDICES (VALIDITY SCALES)
CLINICAL PERSONALITY PATTERNS
SEVERE PERSONALITY PATHOLOGY
CLINICAL SYNDROMES
SEVERE SYNDROMES
RECOMMENDED READING
Chapter 9: CALIFORNIA PSYCHOLOGICAL INVENTORY
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
COMPARISON WITH THE MMPI
RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
ASSETS AND LIMITATIONS
USE WITH DIVERSE GROUPS
INTERPRETATION PROCEDURES
VECTOR SCALE INTERPRETATION
INDIVIDUAL SCALES
SPECIAL PURPOSE SCALES
CONFIGURAL INTERPRETATION
RECOMMENDED READING
Chapter 10: THE RORSCHACH
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
ASSETS AND LIMITATIONS
USE WITH DIVERSE GROUPS
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