Conducting Psychological Assessment: A Guide for Practitioners

Spis treści:
Part I: Theory and Practice.
Introduction: The Hypothesis Testing Model.
The Hypothesis Testing Model.
Clinical Assessment.
Testing.
Integration of All Data.
Write–up of the Assessment Report.
Providing Feedback.
Summary.
Chapter 1: Hypothesis Building and The Clinical Interview.
The Clinical Interview.
Mental Status Evaluation.
Hypothesis Building.
Summary.
Chapter 2: Building the Testing Battery.
General Considerations.
Test Characteristics.
Cognitive Tests.
Personality and Emotional Tests.
Chapter 3: Testing. NB: This text will not include administration, scoring, or interpretation of individual tests.
Chapter 4: Integration of Data.
Step 1: Accumulating the Data.
Step 2: Identifying Themes.
Step 3: Organizing the Data.
Step 4: Conceptualizing.
Summary.
Chapter 5: Report Writing.
The Report Format.
Identifying Information.
Source of Referral and Referral Questions.
Measures Administered.
Notes on Testing.
Description of Patient.
Presenting Problem.
Background Information.
Mental Status Evaluation.
Behavioral Observations.
Overall Interpretation of Test Findings.
Summary.
Diagnostic Impressions.
Recommendations.
Signatures.
Appendices.
Summary.
Chapter 6: Feedback.
Part II: Application–Adult Assessment The chapters in part II will present entire assessment protocols from the referral through the report and feedback. Special care will be taken to follow the protocol set up by the current text, going through, step–by–step, the entire process, including justification for all decisions made (e.g., why a certain conceptualization was chosen over others).
Chapter 7.
Chapter 8.
Chapter 9.
Part III: Application–Child Assessment.
Chapter 10.
Chapter 11.
Chapter 1 2.