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A complete, thorough, and pragmatic guide to clinical assessment, this authoritative book meets a key need for both students and practitioners. T. Mark Harwood, Larry E. Beutler, Gary Groth-Marnat, and their associates describe how to construct a "moving picture" of each patient by integrating data from a variety of sources. Included are detailed, systematic reviews of widely used instruments together with strategies for selecting the best methods for particular referral questions. Readers learn to conduct integrated assessments that take the complexities of the individual personality into account, serve as the basis for developing an effective treatment plan, and facilitate meaningful reporting and client feedback.New to This Edition*Incorporates the latest research findings and assessment/treatment planning tools.*Chapters on the Personality Assessment Inventory and the NEO-PI-R and NEO-PI-3.*A new extended case example runs throughout the chapters.*Critically evaluates the recently published MMPI-2-RF.
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Psychologists Harwood et al. bring together other psychologists, as well as doctoral students, from North America, Europe, and Australia for this guide to the process of personality assessment for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and practitioners in psychology, psychiatry, social work, and counseling. In 14 chapters, they describe how to integrate data from a variety of sources, including psychological testing, observations, interviews, and collateral reports, to create a psychological report and treatment plan. They outline the process from defining the referral question to writing the report. Assessments include the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III, the Rorschach and performance-based assessment, and new chapters on the Personality Assessment Inventory and the NEO Inventories. Revised and updated with new research and tools, this edition incorporates a new extended case example that runs throughout chapters and new chapters on assessing special populations and clients in various contexts. It has discussion of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-RF (MMPI-2-RF), emphasis on integrating assessment with treatment, and a chapter on giving feedback. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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