Irving B. Weiner, Ph.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the University of South Florida and former Director of Psychological Services at the University of South Florida Psychiatry Center in Tampa, Florida. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the Association for Psychological Science, a Diplomat of the American Board of Professional Psychology in both Clinical and Forensic Psychology, and a Licensed Psychologist in the State of Florida. He is currently President of APA Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics) and Past President of APA Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology), formerly president of the Society for Personality Assessment and of the International Rorschach Society, and a recipient of the Society for Personality Assessment Distinguished Contribution Award. He has authored or edited over 15 scholarly and professional books including the first edition of the Handbook of Psychology and, with W. Edward Craighead, the fourth edition of the Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology.

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• Handbook of Psychology Preface xiiiIrving B. WeinerVolume Preface xvJohn R. Graham and Jack A. NaglieriContributors xviiI Assessment Issues 11 The Assessment Process 3Irving B. Weiner2 Clinical Versus Mechanical Prediction 26Paul M. Spengler3 Fundamental Psychometric Considerations in Assessment 50John D. Wasserman and Bruce A. Bracken4 Bias in Psychological Assessment: An Empirical Review and Recommendations 82Cecil R. Reynolds and Lisa A. Suzuki5 Testing and Assessment in Cross-Cultural Psychology 114Kurt F. Geisinger and Carina Mccormick6 Psychological Assessment in Treatment 140Mark E. Maruish7 Computerized Personality Assessment 165James N. Butcher8 Ethical Issues in Psychological Assessment 192Celiane Rey-Casserly and Gerald P. Koocher9 Education and Training in Psychological Assessment 211Leonard Handler and Justin D. SmithII Assessment Settings 23910 Psychological Assessment in Adult Mental Health Settings 241Martin Sellbom, Brandee E. Marion, and R. Michael Bagby11 Psychological Assessment in Child Mental Health Settings 261Nancy Howells Wrobel and David Lachar12 Psychological Assessment in School Settings 291Jeffery P. Braden13 Psychological Assessment in Medical Settings 315Jerry J. Sweet, Steven M. Tovian, Leslie M. Guidotti Breting, and Yana Suchy14 Psychological Assessment in industrial/Organizational Settings 347Richard J. Klimoski and Torrey R. Wilkinson15 Forensic Psychological Assessments 373James R. P. Ogloff and Kevin S. Douglas16 Psychological Assessment in Correctional Settings 394Edwin I. Megargee17 Assessment in Geriatric Settings 425Barry A. Edelstein, Ronald R. Martin, and Lindsay A. GerolimatosIII Assessment Methods 44918 Assessment Of intellectual Functioning 451John D. Wasserman19 Assessment of Neuropsychological Functioning 502Tulio M. Otero, Kenneth Podell, Philip Defina, and Elkhonon Goldberg20 Conceptualization and Assessment Of interests 534Rodney L. Lowman and andrew D. Carson21 Assessing Personality and Psychopathology With interviews 558Robert J. Craig22 Assessment of Psychopathology: Behavioral Approaches 583William H. O’brien and Kathleen M. Young23 Performance Assessment of Personality and Psychopathology 600Donald J. Viglione and Bridget Rivera24 Self-Report inventories: Assessing Personality and Psychopathology 622Yossef S. Ben-Porath25 Current Status and Future Directions of Assessment Psychology 645Jack A. Naglieri and John R. GrahamAuthor index 659Subject index 691