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Clinical Personality Assessment Practical Approaches

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ISBN-10: 0195142586

ISBN-13: 9780195142587

Edition: 2nd 2002 (Revised)

Authors: James N. Butcher

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This is a revised version of a comprehensive clinical personality assessment volume that was well received by professionals in clinical psychology. Contributors from a diverse range of psychological disciplines address a number of central issues in personality assessment in clinical and forensic settings. The authors were invited to select a key problem area in the field and to emphasize practical issues in their chapters. The result is a work of outstanding variety and depth of coverage with an immediately useful, hands-on focus. The second edition has been updated to include several more timely topics including: psycho physiolocgical methods in assessing emotions, assessment client's…    
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Book details

List price: $249.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/31/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 592
Size: 10.00" wide x 7.20" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.014
Language: English

An Introduction to Clinical Personality Assessment
Clinical Personality Assessment: An Overview
Why Use Personality Tests? A Brief Historical View
How to Select Personality Tests for a Test Battery
The Theory and Measurement of Traits: Two Views
Assessment of Emotional States and Personality Traits: Measuring Psychological Vital Signs
How to Assess Clients in Pretreatment Planning
How to Use Computer-Based Reports
How to Anticipate Ethical and Legal Challenges in Personality Assessments
Special Populations in Personality Assessment
Cultural Considerations in Psychological Assessment of Asian-Americans
Personality Assessment of Hispanic Clients
The Assessment of Psychopathology in Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Issues in the Clinical Assessment of Women
Psychological Assessment of Older Adults
Personality Assessment of Neurologically Impaired Patients
The Meaning of Personality Test Results
Standards and Standardization
What a Clinician Needs to Know About Base Rates
Assessment of Malingering
Sources of Personality Information
Behavioral Observations
Idiothetic Assessment
Early Memories in Personality Assessment
Item Content in the Interpretation of the MMPI-2
Assessing Adaptive Capacities by Means of the Rorschach
Problems in Personality Assessment
Assessing a Patient's Ability to Cope
Assessing the Severely Anxious Patient
Assessing Suicidal Clients
Assessing Personality Disorders
Assessing and Understanding Aggressive and Violent Patients
Assessing the Psychopathic Personality
Assessing Criminal Responsibility
Assessing the Chronically Mentally Ill Patient
Assessing Alcohol/Drug Abuse Problems
Assessing Patients and Therapists Who Have Been Involved in Therapist-Patient Sexual Intimacies