Essentials of MMPI-2 Assessment

David S. Nichols, PhD, worked as a staff clinical psychologist for Oregon State Hospital in Portland for twenty-seven years. He has conducted research on and written about the MMPI® for more than thirty years.

• Series Preface xi Acknowledgments xiiiOne History and Development 1Two Administration 19Three Scoring 28Four Introduction to Interpretation 33Five Assessing Protocol Validity 45Six The Standard Clinical Scales 89Seven The Content and Content Component, Personality Psychopathology–5 (PSY-5 ), Restructured Clinical (RC), and Supplementary Scales 208Eight Profile Patterns and Codetypes 257Nine Strengths and Weaknesses of the MMPI-2 295Ten Clinical Applications of the MMPI-2 307Eleven Illustrative Case Report 323References 343Annotated Bibliography 359About the Author 363Index 365