This book presents the common tests used by psychologists for assessment. It explains the principles of assessment, evaluation, referral, treatment planning and report writing. It is considered by many to be the best book on the subject and most uptodate. It presents in detail the most commonly used assessment tools, such as, the Wechsler Intelligence Scales, Wechsler Memory Scales, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Personality Assessment Inventory, Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, NEO Personality, Rorschach, Thematic Apperception Test, and brief assessment instruments for treatment planning, monitoring, and outcome assessment. This 2016 edition contains a number of updates.
This guide is organized according to the normal sequence psychologists follow in administering tests. It also teaches the user the best methods to follow in the process, explains how to understand and use the data generated by the tests, and how to write a useful report. No wonder it has become a trusted guide for many users.
The contents are rich and relevant. Just look at some of the themes covered:
The role of the clinician, evaluating psychological tests and their validity in practice, context of clinical assessment, ethics of assessment, selecting the right tests, computer-assisted assessment, the interview, issues of reliability and validity, the assets and limits of each test, case histories, behaviour assessment, IQ tests and the meaning of the scores, pros and cons of intelligence tests and the meaning of the scores, the use of personality inventories, scales of psychopathology, personality assessment, the use of projective tests (e.g., the Rorschach), treatment planning and monitoring, depression inventories, anxiety inventory, the preparation and use of psychological reports.
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Price: 6th Edition, 2016. 928 pages. (US price: $124; Indian price: Rs 5653 on Amazon.in)
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