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This volume of carefully edited papers from psychological researchers in the United States and in Great Britain recounts the present state of this work. This is a useful over-view of the subject at today's date. --AR Brownlie in Science & Justice Comprehensive and carefully edited, this insightful volume is a must read for anyone involved with children's testimony. Leading scholars in the field examine and integrate research and practice on assessing and enhancing the quality of eyewitness testimony in children. The first section examines factors that contribute to the accuracy and reliability of such testimony, including the effects of extended delays, repeated questioning, and exposure to leading questions. The second section describes techniques that have been developed to improve the quality of children's testimony, such as anatomical dolls and interviewing techniques, and discusses their empirical and theoretical underpinnings. The final chapter focuses on policy issues, including psychological research to guide legal reform in accommodating child witnesses. Interdisciplinary in nature, Memory and Testimony in the Child Witness should be in the professional toolkit of all psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and attorneys working with children's testimony. It also serves as a text in any graduate level course focusing on eyewitness memory, children's competence as witnesses, or psychology and the law.

This book deals with the forensic application of the MMPI, has been written by experts in the various areas covered, and reviews the whole field critically. The book covers areas such as competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility, injury litigation, child custody evaluation, neuropsychological evaluation, and risk assessment. Several writers include case illustrations in their surveys. The book can be used as a general reference book in what is becoming a new speciality that is rapidly growing, and clinicians and practitioners will undoubtedly find it interesting and illuminating. Its greatest usefulness may lie in . . . detection of response bias, an ever-present problem in forensic affairs. --H. J. Eysenck in The European Journal of Psychological Assessment "This is an excellent book, which provides the reader with great insight into the varied forensic applications of the MMPI-2. The strengths and limitations of the instrument in different applications are discussed. The chapters are of consistently high quality and are written by eminent researchers. The authors show that the MMPI-2 provides a sound instrument which can be used in the assessment of a variety of legal issues, but like all psychological instruments it has its limitations and should only be used in conjunction with other forms of assessment and background information. The book shows very clearly how widely used the MMPI-2 has become in forensic applications." --Gisle H. Gudjonsson in Personality & Individual Differences Many of the leading North American scholars on the forensic applications of the MMPI-2 join forces in this carefully edited volume to examine and integrate research and practice on the most widely used psychological test in forensic psychology. Valuable chapters investigate the psychological and legal bases of forensic psychological assessment in general and use of the MMPI-2 in particular in a variety of specific forensic applications involving criminal and civil proceedings. The contributors delve into topics, including the use of the MMPI-2 in the assessment of criminal responsibility, in correctional settings, in neuropsychological evaluations, in computer-based evaluations, in child custody evaluations, and more. In light of the recent revision and publication of the MMPI-2 as well as the growing involvement of psychologists in criminal and civil legal proceedings, Forensic Applications of the MMPI-2 provides substantial information to many professionals and scholars who use this vital assessment tool. This volume is an excellent resource for clinical and legal practitioners who wish to keep abreast of state-of-the-art forensic psychological assessment, and is of particular interest to researchers and advanced students in forensic psychology, psychological assessment, criminology, and clinical/counseling psychology, and social work.

A practical and vital guide for using the MMPI-2-RF in both preemployment and fitness-for-duty evaluations for four public safety positions: law enforcement officer, corrections officer, emergency communications dispatcher, and firefighter/paramedicThis comprehensive guide is intended to assist clinicians in integrating MMPI-2-RF findings with other assessment information routinely used in these evaluations, including findings from other tests, personal history, and clinical interviews. The authors provide detailed strategies for combining these data with findings from the Police Candidate Interpretive Report, Score Report, and Clinical Settings Interpretive Report.The book includes a concise primer on the MMPI-2-RF, common procedural and legal requirements for these evaluations, and contextual factors affecting these evaluations. Multiple case illustrations demonstrate the use of the integrative models in preemployment and fitness-for-duty evaluations. A book-based exam offering Continuing Education (CE) credit is available for this publication. Visit the University of Minnesota Press Test Division website for more information.

This book is the first to introduce empirically informed yet empathically framed language for MMPI-3 users communicating findings to clients. It integrates interpretive guidance with evidence-based therapeutic strategies and structured self-help recommendations, thereby enriching the clinical utility of the instrument in therapeutic assessment.Therapeutic Feedback and Treatment Planning with the MMPI-3 provides a clear set of guidelines for using this comprehensive personality/psychopathology instrument, for sharing productive, non-judgemental feedback with clients who are entering therapy, and identifying treatment plans based on clients’ MMPI-3 results. Following an introduction that includes the history and evolution of the MMPI instruments and therapeutic assessment, readers will be guided through the steps of therapeutic assessment and feedback, and an exploration of the MMPI-3 scales. These include Validity Scales, Higher-Order Scales, Restructured Clinical Scales, Specific Problem Scales that include Somatic/Cognitive Scales, Internalizing Scales, Externalizing Scales, and Interpersonal Scales, and the Personality Psychopathology-Five Scales. Each scale is interpretively described for feedback and descriptive purposes for patients. By focusing on clients’ subjective experiences, the book guides and facilitates therapeutic engagement. The authors provide case studies to clearly illustrate the updated psychometric standard for psychological assessment.This book is a must-have resource for psychologists who practice psychotherapy. It will support MMPI-3 users of all levels; enriching personality assessment, strengthening the therapeutic alliance, and informing treatment planning. It will also assist researchers working with this instrument and educate students in training.

This book is the first to introduce empirically informed yet empathically framed language for MMPI-3 users communicating findings to clients. It integrates interpretive guidance with evidence-based therapeutic strategies and structured self-help recommendations, thereby enriching the clinical utility of the instrument in therapeutic assessment.Therapeutic Feedback and Treatment Planning with the MMPI-3 provides a clear set of guidelines for using this comprehensive personality/psychopathology instrument, for sharing productive, non-judgemental feedback with clients who are entering therapy, and identifying treatment plans based on clients’ MMPI-3 results. Following an introduction that includes the history and evolution of the MMPI instruments and therapeutic assessment, readers will be guided through the steps of therapeutic assessment and feedback, and an exploration of the MMPI-3 scales. These include Validity Scales, Higher-Order Scales, Restructured Clinical Scales, Specific Problem Scales that include Somatic/Cognitive Scales, Internalizing Scales, Externalizing Scales, and Interpersonal Scales, and the Personality Psychopathology-Five Scales. Each scale is interpretively described for feedback and descriptive purposes for patients. By focusing on clients’ subjective experiences, the book guides and facilitates therapeutic engagement. The authors provide case studies to clearly illustrate the updated psychometric standard for psychological assessment.This book is a must-have resource for psychologists who practice psychotherapy. It will support MMPI-3 users of all levels; enriching personality assessment, strengthening the therapeutic alliance, and informing treatment planning. It will also assist researchers working with this instrument and educate students in training.

A collection of illustrative adolescent case studies to aid clinicians in problem identification, diagnosis, and treatment planning-the only casebook for the MMPI-A-RFThe MMPI-A-RF is linked to current models of psychopathology and personality, and features scales relevant for use with adolescents in a variety of clinical, forensic, and school settings. It mirrors the structure of the MMPI-2-RF, resulting in the most up-to-date, empirically based personality assessment for use with adolescents. Written by the authors of the earlier Case Studies for Interpreting the MMPI-A, this book continues the goal of serving as an authentic and illustrative guide for clinicians in understanding and using the MMPI-A-RF. Since the publication of the original Case Studies, much has changed for clinicians who assess and treat adolescents. The interpretive model described in this book demonstrates how the MMPI-A-RF can assist clinicians in assessing youth today by highlighting sixteen cases that broadly represent adolescents evaluated in clinical and forensic practice. In addition, one of the most common uses for the MMPI-A-RF is in the juvenile court setting-a landscape that has also dramatically changed since the publication of the original MMPI-A. Case Studies for Interpreting the MMPI-A-RF focuses on detailed forensic issues, including legal backgrounds, case law, and assessment methods specific to use of the MMPI-A-RF in juvenile court and related settings. Case Studies for Interpreting the MMPI-A-RF will assist clinicians in understanding MMPI-A-RF interpretation, while also being a valuable teaching tool for courses in assessment.

An essential guide to detailed and accurate interpretation of the MMPI-3   The MMPI-3 builds on the history and strengths of the MMPI instruments to provide an empirically validated, psychometrically up-to-date standard for psychological assessment. Updating and expanding the information found in MMPI-3 test manuals, Interpreting the MMPI-3 is an indispensable resource for practicing clinicians and a vital textbook for graduate psychological assessment courses that use and study this singular psychological instrument.   Yossef S. Ben-Porath, coauthor of the MMPI-3, and Martin Sellbom, a leading expert on the MMPI instruments, provide detailed descriptions and interpretive recommendations for test scales, along with illustrative cases from a wide variety of settings, including forensic (criminal and civil), medical, and personnel screening. This core interpretive content places the MMPI-3 at the forefront of contemporary psychological assessment, while also providing important background on older versions of the test.   This volume includes an in-depth look at the test’s history, development, administration, and interpretation, and it also addresses diversity-sensitive assessment with the test. A comprehensive guide for clinicians, researchers, and students, this book sets the standard for interpretation of and instruction on the MMPI-3.   A book-based exam offering Continuing Education (CE) credit is available for this publication. Visit upress.umn.edu/test-division for more information.