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Title

Clinical personality assessment : practical approaches / edited by James N. Butcher.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors

Butcher, James Neal, 1933-

Description

xx, 549 pages : illustrations; 27 cm.

Summary

• In this volume, over 50 eminent contributors from a diverse range of psychological disciplines address central issues in personality assessment. 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.
• Topics include ethical considerations in clinical personality assessment, assessment of racial and ethnic minorities, and assessment of the elderly, among many other key topics. A practical, context-based approach is maintained throughout, and a useful Appendix providing an index of psychological assessment procedures concludes the book. It will be considered a definitive text for the field of assessment, appealing to both students and practicing clinical psychologists.

Series Statement

Oxford textbooks in clinical psychology ; v. 2

Uniform Title

Oxford textbooks in clinical psychology ; v. 2.

Subject

• Clinical psychology > Methodology
• Mental Disorders > diagnosis
• Personality Assessment
• Personality assessment

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Clinical Personality Assessment: An Overview / James N. Butcher -- 2. Why Use Personality Tests? A Brief Historical View / John E. Exner, Jr. -- 3. How to Select Personality Tests for a Test Battery / Marvin W. Acklin -- 4. The Theory and Measurement of Traits: Two Views / Allan R. Harkness and Robert Hogan -- 5. Assessment of Emotional States and Personality Traits: Measuring Psychological Vital Signs / Charles D. Spielberger, Sumner J. Sydeman, Lee M. Ritterband, Eric C. Reheiser and Karen K. Unger -- 6. How to Assess Clients in Pretreatment Planning / Larry E. Beutler and T. Mark Harwood -- 7. How to Use Computer-Based Reports / James N. Butcher -- 8. How to Anticipate Ethical and Legal Challenges in Personality Assessments / Irving B. Weiner -- 9. Cultural Considerations in Psychological Assessment of Asian-Americans / Sumie Okazaki and Stanley Sue -- 10. Personality Assessment of Hispanic Clients / Roberto J. Velasquez.
• 11. The Assessment of Psychopathology in Racial and Ethnic Minorities / Bernadette Gray-Little -- 12. Issues in Clinical Assessment with Women / Judith Worell and Damon Robinson -- 13. Psychological Assessment of Older Adults / Charles M. Morin and Cheryl A. Colecchi -- 14. Personality Assessment of Neurologically Impaired Patients / Carlton S. Gass and Jane Ansley -- 15. Standards and Standardization / Kurt F. Geisinger and Janet F. Carlson -- 16. What a Clinician Needs to Know About Base Rates / Stephen E. Finn and Jan H. Kamphuis -- 17. Assessment of Malingering / David T. R. Berry, Martha W. Wetter and Ruth A. Baer -- 18. "Behavioral Observations" / Martin Leichtman -- 19. Idiothetic Assessment: Experience Sampling and Motivational Analysis / Eric Klinger and Debi Kroll-Mensing -- 20. Early Memories in Personality Assessment / Arnold R. Bruhn -- 21. Item Content in the Interpretation of the MMPI-2 / James N. Butcher -- 22. Assessing Adaptive Capacities by Means of the Rorschach / Paul M. Lerner.
• 23. Assessing a Patient's Ability to Cope / Norman S. Endler and James D. A. Parker -- 24. Assessing the Severely Anxious Patient / Michele M. Carter and David H. Barlow -- 25. Assessing Suicidal Clients / Zigfrids T. Stelmachers -- 26. Assessing Personality Disorders / Thomas A. Widiger and Cynthia J. Sanderson -- 27. Assessing and Understanding Aggressive and Violent Patients / Edwin I. Megargee -- 28. Assessing the Psychopathic Personality / J. Reid Melov and Carl B. Gacono -- 29. Assessing Criminal Responsibility / Kathleen P. Stafford and Yossef S. Ben-Porath -- 30. Assessment in Inpatient and Residential Settings / Marco J. Mariotto, Gordon L. Paul and Mark H. Licht -- 31. Assessing Alcohol/Drug Abuse Problems / Roger L. Greene and Joseph A. Banken -- 32. Assessing Patients and Therapists Who Have Been Involved in Therapist-Patient Sexual Intimacies: Evaluating Harm, Recovery, and Rehabilitation / Kenneth S. Pope -- Appendix: Index of Psychological Tests and Procedures.

ISBN

0195085698 (alk. paper)

LCCN

94012405

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries