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Tables of Contents for Handbook of Psychological Assessment
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Chapter 1 Introduction
1
35
Organization of the Handbook
1
2
Role of the Clinician
3
2
Patterns of Test Usage in Clinical Assessment
5
17
Validity in Clinical Practice
22
3
Clinical Judgment
25
5
Phases in Clinical Assessment
30
5
Recommended Reading
35
1
Chapter 2 The Context of Clinical Assessment
36
31
Types of Referral Settings
36
10
The Ethical Practice of Assessment
46
9
Test Bias and Use with Minority Groups
55
5
Selecting Psychological Tests
60
4
Computer-Assisted Assessment
64
2
Recommended Reading
66
1
Chapter 3 The Assessment Interview
67
32
History and Development
68
4
Issues Related to Reliability and Validity
72
2
Assets and Limitations
74
1
The Assessment Interview and Case History
75
7
Mental Status Examination
82
5
Interpreting Interview Data
87
1
Structured Clinical Interviews
88
10
Recommended Reading
98
1
Chapter 4 Behavioral Assessment
99
33
History and Development
102
2
Issues Related to Reliability and Validity
104
2
Assets and Limitations
106
2
Strategies of Behavioral Assessment
108
15
Self-Report Inventories
123
8
Recommended Reading
131
1
Chapter 5 The Wechsler Intelligence Scales
132
72
The Nature of Intelligence
132
12
The Testing of Intelligence: Pro and Con
144
3
History and Development
147
1
Reliability and Validity
148
3
Assets and Limitations
151
2
The Meaning of IQ Scores
153
2
Cautions and Guidelines in Administration
155
2
WAIS-R/WISC-III Successive Level Interpretation Procedure
157
15
The Wechsler Subtests
172
17
Assessing Brain Damage
189
6
Assessing Additional Special Populations
195
5
Short Forms
200
3
Profile Forms
203
1
Instructional Recommendations
203
1
Recommended Reading
204
1
Chapter 6 The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
205
96
History and Development
207
5
Reliability and Validity
212
3
Assets and Limitations
215
6
Administration
221
1
Interpretation Procedure
222
9
Computerized Interpretation
231
1
Validity Scales
232
8
Clinical Scales
240
22
Two-Point Codes
262
24
MMPI-2 Content Scales
286
3
MMPI-A Content Scales
289
3
Harris-Lingoes and Si Subscales
292
3
Critical Items
295
1
MMPI-2 and MMPI-A Supplementary Scales
296
4
Recommended Reading
300
1
Chapter 7 Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory
301
42
History and Development
303
3
Reliability and Validity
306
3
Assets and Limitations
309
4
Interpretation Procedure
313
4
Modifying Indices (Validity Scales)
317
2
Clinical Personality Patterns
319
16
Severe Personality Pathology
335
4
Clinical Syndromes
339
2
Severe Syndromes
341
1
Recommended Reading
342
1
Chapter 8 The California Psychological Inventory
343
50
History and Development
344
2
Comparison with the MMPI
346
1
Reliability and Validity
347
1
Assets and Limitations
348
3
Interpretation Procedures
351
5
Structural Scale Interpretation
356
1
The Individual Scales
357
22
Configural Interpretation
379
13
Recommended Reading
392
1
Chapter 9 The Rorschach
393
65
History and Development
394
2
Reliability and Validity
396
4
Assets and Limitations
400
3
Administration
403
3
Scoring
406
11
Structural Summary
417
5
Interpretation
422
35
Recommended Reading
457
1
Chapter 10 The Thematic Apperception Test
458
41
History and Development
458
3
Murray's Theory of Personality
461
3
Reliability and Validity
464
3
Assets and Limitations
467
3
Administration
470
3
Typical Themes Elicited
473
15
Scoring Procedures
488
9
Interpretation
497
1
Recommended Reading
498
1
Chapter 11 Projective Drawings
499
35
History and Development
500
2
Reliability and Validity
502
2
Assets and Limitations
504
2
Administration
506
2
General Interpretive Considerations
508
5
Interpretation through Objective Scoring
513
6
Interpretation of Spacific Signs
519
4
The House-Tree-Person Test
523
7
Family Drawings: The Draw-A-Family and Kinetic Family Drawing Tests
530
2
Miscellaneous Procedures
532
1
Recommended Reading
533
1
Chapter 12 Screening and Assessing for Neuropsychological Impairment
534
61
History and Development
537
4
Interviewing for Brain Impairment
541
3
Tests for Screening and Assessing for Neuropsychological Impairment
544
1
Tests of Visuoconstructive Abilities
545
23
Mental Activities (Attention and Speed of Information Processing)
568
8
Memory and Learning
576
8
Verbal Functions and Academic Skills
584
4
Tests of Motor Ability
588
2
Executive Functions
590
2
Emotional Status and Level of Adjustment
592
2
Recommended Reading
594
1
Chapter 13 Psychological Assessment and Treatment Planning
595
24
Development and Approaches to Treatment Planning
596
5
A Systematic Approach to Treatment Selection
601
1
Problem Severity
602
4
Motivational Distress
606
2
Problem Complexity
608
3
Resistance Level
611
2
Coping Style
613
2
Problem-Solving Phase
615
3
Recommended Reading
618
1
Chapter 14 The Psychological Report
619
52
General Guidelines
621
10
Format for a Psychological Report
631
14
Sample Reports
645
25
Recommended Reading
670
1
Appendixes
671
40
References
711
80
Author Index
791
14
Subject Index
805