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Providing a solid grounding in the most widely used approaches to adult personality assessment, this invaluable text presents a framework for constructing a "moving picture" of each client by integrating data from a variety of sources. Students learn to conduct assessments that take the complexities of the individual personality into account, serve as the basis for a rational treatment plan, and facilitate meaningful reporting and client feedback. An ideal text for courses in adult assessment and personality, the volume features an extended case example that brings key concepts to life.

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• 1. Introduction to Integrative Assessment of Adult Personality(p. 1)
• What Is the Value and Nature of Psychological Assessment?(p. 4)
• Systematic Treatment Selection: A Model of Functional Elements(p. 7)
• Psychological Assessment and the Nature of Measurement(p. 14)
• Summary(p. 36)
• 2. Approaching the Patient: Referral Contexts, Test Selection, and Clinical Judgment(p. 37)
• Contexts of Assessment(p. 38)
• Test Selection(p. 43)
• Maximizing Clinical Judgments(p. 61)
• Summary(p. 63)
• 3. Identifying Treatment-Relevant Assessment: Systematic Treatment Selection(p. 65)
• Prescriptive Therapy(p. 67)
• Patient and Treatment Matching Dimensions: Cross-Theoretical Applications(p. 71)
• Introduction to the Therapeutic Principles of Training in Systematic Treatment Selection(p. 76)
• An Internet-Distributed Application for Implementing Systematic Treatment Selection(p. 79)
• Case Example(p. 80)
• Summary(p. 81)
• 4. The Integrative Clinical Interview(p. 82)
• Overview of Interview Formats(p. 82)
• Strengths of Interview Formats(p. 85)
• The Integrated, Semistructured Interview(p. 91)
• Case Example(p. 119)
• Summary(p. 121)
• 5. Intelligence and Personality(p. 123)
• Correlations between Intelligence and Personality Traits(p. 124)
• Possible Mechanisms for Intelligence-Personality Correlations(p. 128)
• Mental Health and Intelligence(p. 133)
• Emotional Intelligence(p. 144)
• Intelligence-Personality and Systematic Treatment Selection(p. 151)
• Case Example(p. 152)
• Summary(p. 155)
• 6. The MMPI-2(p. 157)
• Background(p. 158)
• Administration and Scoring(p. 172)
• Feedback Considerations(p. 179)
• Case Example(p. 180)
• Limitations of the MMPI-2(p. 189)
• Summary(p. 191)
• 7. The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III(p. 192)
• Development of the MCMIs(p. 192)
• Description of the MCMI-III Scales(p. 194)
• Advantages and Limitations(p. 196)
• Psychometric Properties(p. 199)
• Administration and Scoring(p. 207)
• Interpretation(p. 208)
• Treatment Planning(p. 216)
• Case Example(p. 222)
• Summary(p. 226)
• 8. The California Psychological Inventory(p. 227)
• Background(p. 228)
• Advantages and Limitations(p. 231)
• Psychometric Properties(p. 233)
• Administration and Scoring(p. 235)
• Interpretation(p. 236)
• Systematic Treatment Selection(p. 253)
• Case Example(p. 257)
• Summary(p. 260)
• 9. The Rorschach(p. 262)
• Advantages and Limitations(p. 264)
• Psychometric Properties(p. 269)
• Alternative Instruments(p. 276)
• Administration(p. 277)
• Scoring(p. 280)
• Interpretation(p. 291)
• Treatment Planning(p. 303)
• Feedback Considerations(p. 307)
• Case Example(p. 309)
• Summary(p. 314)
• 10. Integrative Personality Assessment in Special Settings(p. 315)
• Working in Special Settings(p. 316)
• Specific Test Differences(p. 333)
• Case Example(p. 336)
• Summary(p. 337)
• 11. Integrative Personality Assessment with Older Adults and Ethnic Minority Clients(p. 338)
• Key Concepts(p. 339)
• General Assessment Issues(p. 341)
• Systematic Treatment Selection Dimensions: Relevance to Older Adults and Racial and Ethnic Minority Adults(p. 342)
• Summary(p. 354)
• 12. Integrating and Applying Assessment Information: Decision Making, Patient Feedback, and Consultation(p. 356)
• Benefits of Integrative Assessment(p. 359)
• Test Integration(p. 360)
• Steps in Test Integration(p. 361)
• How to Conduct a Feedback Session(p. 370)
• Feedback and Therapeutic Strategies Using the STS Model(p. 378)
• Working with the Referral Source(p. 386)
• Case Example(p. 393)
• Summary(p. 396)
• 13. The Integrated Psychological Report(p. 398)
• Research and Practical Considerations(p. 399)
• The Use of Computers(p. 406)
• Components of the Psychological Report(p. 407)
• Examples of Case Reports(p. 417)
• Summary(p. 433)
• Appendix A. Test Scores for Case Example R. W.(p. 435)
• Appendix B. Test Publishers/Distributors(p. 448)
• Appendix C. STS Analysis(p. 451)
• References(p. 463)
• Index(p. 501)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Larry E. Beutler, PhD, is Professor of Homeland Security at the U.S. Navy Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He is also the William McInnes Distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Palo Alto, California, and Consulting Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is former Editor of the [i]Journal of Clinical Psychology[/i] and the [i]Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology[/i]. Dr. Beutler is also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Psychological Society. He is a past president of the Society for Clinical Psychology (Division 12 of APA), a past president of the Division of Psychotherapy (APA), and a two-term past president of the international Society for Psychotherapy Research. Dr. Beutler is the author of approximately 300 scientific papers and chapters, and is the author, editor, or coauthor of 14 books on psychotherapy and psychopathology.

Gary Groth-Marnat, PhD, is in private practice in Santa Barbara, California, and is an Adjunct Professor at Pacifica Graduate Institute and Fielding Graduate University. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 12). Dr. Groth-Marnat has published more than 100 journal articles and chapters in books and is the author of [i]Handbook of Psychological Assessment[/i] and [i]Neuropsychological Assessment in Clinical Practice[/i]. Previously, he was Senior Lecturer in clinical health psychology at Curtin University in Perth, Australia.