GARY GROTH-MARNAT, PHD, ABPP, is an author, lecturer, researcher, and practicing clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist. He is Professor Emeritus, Pacific Graduate School, and a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Personality Assessment. A. JORDAN WRIGHT, PHD, is an Assistant Professor in Human Development at Empire State College, State University of New York. He is the author of Conducting Psychological Assessment: A Guide for Practitioners from Wiley.

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• Preface xiChapter 1 Introduction 1Organization of the Handbook 1Role of the Clinician 3Patterns of Test Usage in Clinical Assessment 6Evaluating Psychological Tests 10Validity in Clinical Practice 23Clinical Judgment 26Phases in Clinical Assessment 32Recommended Reading 37Chapter 2 Context of Clinical Assessment 39Types of Referral Settings 39Ethical Practice of Assessment 50Assessing Diverse Groups 59Selecting Psychological Tests 67Computer-Assisted Assessment 72Recommended Reading 74Chapter 3 The Assessment Interview 77History and Development 78Issues Related to Reliability and Validity 82Assets and Limitations 84The Assessment Interview and Case History 86Mental Status Evaluation 93Interpreting Interview Data 99Structured Interviews 100Recommended Reading 111Chapter 4 Behavioral Assessment 113History and Development 115Issues Related to Reliability and Validity 117Assets and Limitations 120Strategies of Behavioral Assessment 121Recommended Reading 136Chapter 5 Wechsler Intelligence Scales 139Testing of Intelligence: Pros and Cons 139History and Development 142Reliability and Validity 147Assets and Limitations 151Use with Diverse Groups 153Meaning of IQ Scores 156Cautions and Guidelines in Administration 159WAIS-IV/WISC-V Successive-Level Interpretation Procedure 161Wechsler Indexes and Subtests 173Assessing Brain Damage 196Assessing Additional Special Populations 204Short Forms 209Recommended Reading 213Chapter 6 Wechsler Memory Scales 215History and Development 216Reliability and Validity 222Assets and Limitations 224Use with Diverse Groups 226Interpretation Procedure 227Interpreting Patterns of Index Scores 230Comparing Scores on the WAIS-IV and the WMS-IV 238Additional Considerations: Malingering and Evaluating Change 241Recommended Reading 242Chapter 7 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 243History and Development 246Reliability and Validity 251Assets and Limitations 255Use with Diverse Groups 259Administration 262MMPI-2 Interpretation Procedure 263MMPI-2 Computerized Interpretation 272MMPI-2 Validity Scales 273MMPI-2 Clinical Scales 279MMPI-2 2-Point Codes 302MMPI-2 Content Scales 328MMPI-A Content Scales 331MMPI-2 Harris-Lingoes and Si Subscales 334MMPI-2 Critical Items 337MMPI-2 and MMPI-A Supplementary Scales 338MMPI-2-RF Interpretation Procedure 341MMPI-2-RF Validity Scales 346MMPI-2-RF Higher-Order Scales 353MMPI-2-RF Restructured Clinical Scales 355MMPI-2-RF Specific Problem Scales 361Interest Scales 366MMPI-2-RF Personality Psychopathology Five Scales 366Recommended Reading 370Chapter 8 Personality Assessment Inventory 371History and Development 373Reliability and Validity 373Assets and Limitations 375Use with Diverse Groups 377Interpretation Procedure 377Validity Scales 380Clinical Scales 384Treatment Scales 404Interpersonal Scales 408Additional Clusters 410Critical Items 415Recommended Reading 416Chapter 9 Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory 417History and Development 419Reliability and Validity 424Assets and Limitations 427Use with Diverse Groups 431Interpretation Procedure 432Validity Scales 436Clinical Personality Patterns 439Severe Personality Pathology 476Clinical Syndromes 486Severe Syndromes 488Recommended Reading 488Chapter 10 NEO Personality Inventory 489History and Development 490Reliability and Validity 491Assets and Limitations 493Use with Diverse Groups 494Interpretation Procedure 495Recommended Reading 512Chapter 11 The Rorschach 513History and Development 514Reliability and Validity 518Assets and Limitations 523Use with Diverse Groups 527Comprehensive System: Administration 528Comprehensive System: Coding 531Comprehensive System: Scoring the Structural Summary 536Comprehensive System: Interpretation 539R-PAS: Administration 581R-PAS: Coding 584R-PAS: Scoring the Structural Summary 592R-PAS: Interpretation 593Recommended Reading 614Chapter 12 Screening for Neuropsychological Impairment 615History and Development 617Interviewing for Brain Impairment 620Domains of Neuropsychological Functioning 624Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test, Second Edition 633Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status Update 645Recommended Reading 652Chapter 13 Brief Instruments for Treatment Planning, Monitoring, and Outcome Assessment 653Selecting Brief Instruments 654Symptom Checklist-90-R and Brief Symptom Inventory 655Beck Depression Inventory–II 662State Trait Anxiety Inventory 666Recommended Reading 670Chapter 14 Treatment Planning and Clinical Decision Making 671Development and Approaches to Treatment Planning 672Intervention Options 677Clinical Decision Making 679Case Formulation 680Understanding the Problems 683Understanding Problem Context 692Treatment-Specific Client Characteristics 696The Systematic Treatment Selection (STS)/Innerlife Approach 703Recommended Reading 705Chapter 15 The Psychological Report 707General Guidelines 708Feedback 728Format for a Psychological Report 730Sample Reports 743Recommended Reading 772Appendix A Test Publishers/Distributors 773Appendix B Testing Organizations 777References 779Author Index 857Subject Index 895