Handbook of psychological assessment / Gary Groth-Marnat and A. Jordan Wright.
| Author/creator | Groth-Marnat, Gary author. |
| Other author | Wright, A. Jordan author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Sixth edition. |
| Publication | Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (xii, 911 pages) : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: 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 -- Types of Referral Settings -- Ethical Practice of Assessment -- Assessing Diverse Groups -- Selecting Psychological Tests -- Computer-Assisted Assessment -- Recommended Reading -- History and Development -- Issues Related to Reliability and Validity -- Assets and Limitations -- The Assessment Interview and Case History -- Mental Status Evaluation -- Interpreting Interview Data -- Structured Interviews -- Recommended Reading -- History and Development -- Issues Related to Reliability and Validity -- Assets and Limitations -- Strategies of Behavioral Assessment -- Recommended Reading -- Testing of Intelligence: Pros and Cons -- History and Development -- Reliability and Validity. |
| Contents | Note continued: Assets and Limitations -- Use with Diverse Groups -- Meaning of IQ Scores -- Cautions and Guidelines in Administration -- WAIS-IV/WISC-V Successive-Level Interpretation Procedure -- Wechsler Indexes and Subtests -- Assessing Brain Damage -- Assessing Additional Special Populations -- Short Forms -- Recommended Reading -- 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 -- History and Development -- Reliability and Validity -- Assets and Limitations -- Use with Diverse Groups -- Administration -- MMPI-2 Interpretation Procedure -- MMPI-2 Computerized Interpretation -- MMPI-2 Validity Scales -- MMPI-2 Clinical Scales -- MMPI-2 2-Point Codes -- MMPI-2 Content Scales -- MMPI-A Content Scales. |
| Contents | Note continued: MMPI-2 Harris-Lingoes and Si Subscales -- MMPI-2 Critical Items -- MMPI-2 and MMPI-A Supplementary Scales -- MMPI-2-RF Interpretation Procedure -- MMPI-2-RF Validity Scales -- MMPI-2-RF Higher-Order Scales -- MMPI-2-RF Restructured Clinical Scales -- MMPI-2-RF Specific Problem Scales -- Interest Scales -- MMPI-2-RF Personality Psychopathology Five Scales -- Recommended Reading -- History and Development -- Reliability and Validity -- Assets and Limitations -- Use with Diverse Groups -- Interpretation Procedure -- Validity Scales -- Clinical Scales -- Treatment Scales -- Interpersonal Scales -- Additional Clusters -- Critical Items -- Recommended Reading -- History and Development -- Reliability and Validity -- Assets and Limitations -- Use with Diverse Groups -- Interpretation Procedure -- Validity Scales -- Clinical Personality Patterns -- Severe Personality Pathology -- Clinical Syndromes -- Severe Syndromes -- Recommended Reading. |
| Contents | Note continued: History and Development -- Reliability and Validity -- Assets and Limitations -- Use with Diverse Groups -- Interpretation Procedure -- Recommended Reading -- History and Development -- Reliability and Validity -- Assets and Limitations -- Use with Diverse Groups -- Comprehensive System: Administration -- Comprehensive System: Coding -- Comprehensive System: Scoring the Structural Summary -- Comprehensive System: Interpretation -- R-PAS: Administration -- R-PAS: Coding -- R-PAS: Scoring the Structural Summary -- R-PAS: Interpretation -- Recommended Reading -- History and Development -- Interviewing for Brain Impairment -- Domains of Neuropsychological Functioning -- Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test, Second Edition -- Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status Update -- Recommended Reading -- Selecting Brief Instruments -- Symptom Checklist-90-R and Brief Symptom Inventory -- Beck Depression Inventory-II. |
| Contents | Note continued: State Trait Anxiety Inventory -- Recommended Reading -- Development and Approaches to Treatment Planning -- Intervention Options -- Clinical Decision Making -- Case Formulation -- Understanding the Problems -- Understanding Problem Context -- Treatment-Specific Client Characteristics -- The Systematic Treatment Selection (STS)/Innerlife Approach -- Recommended Reading -- General Guidelines -- Feedback -- Format for a Psychological Report -- Sample Reports -- Recommended Reading. |
| Abstract | Organized according to the sequence mental health professionals follow when conducting an assessment, Groth-Marnat's Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Sixth Edition covers principles of assessment, evaluation, referral, treatment planning, and report writing. Written in a practical, skills-based manner, the Sixth Edition provides guidance on the most efficient methods for selecting and administering tests, interpreting assessment data, how to integrate test scores and develop treatment plans as well as instruction on ways to write effective, client-oriented psychological reports. This text provides through coverage of the most commonly used assessment instruments including the Wechsler Intelligence Scales, Wechsler Memory Scales, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Personality Assessment Inventory, Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, NEO Personality, Rorschach, Thematic Apperception Test, and brief assessment instruments for treatment planning, monitoring, and outcome assessment. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Language | English. |
| Source of description | Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Groth-Marnat, Gary. Handbook of psychological assessment. Sixth edition. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2016] 9781118960646 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016000499 |
| ISBN | 9781118960684 (pdf) |
| ISBN | 1118960688 (pdf) |
| ISBN | 9781118960653 (epub) |
| ISBN | 1118960653 (epub) |
| ISBN | (cloth) |
| ISBN | 1118960645 |
| ISBN | 9781118960646 |
| Stock number | 682C73BC-430D-42FC-99E0-2926294013AA OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |