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Essentials of Forensic Psychological Assessment
About this book
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the key assessment instruments used by forensic psychologists
Mental health professionals are frequently called on to perform forensic assessments for a wide variety of court cases. To use these instruments properly, professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret them. Now fully revised and in a second edition, Essentials of Forensic Psychological Assessment is that source.
The Second Edition is completely updated to reflect current research and theory in the field, including the most recent codes and standards published by the American Psychological Association. In addition, this volume offers updated coverage of the most frequently used instruments in forensic psychological assessments, including the MMPI®-2 and MMPI-2-RF, PAI®, Rorschach®, ASPECT, and various neuropsychological assessment instruments.
Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy mental health practitioners, and those in training, quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of major psychological assessment instruments. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.
Written by a noted forensic psychologist, the Second Edition offers in-depth coverage of maltreatment and domestic violence, as well as the assessment of recidivism, fitness to stand trial, civil commitment, substance abuse assessment, custody evaluations, personal injury assessments, and many other aspects of forensic mental health practice.
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Table of contents
- Essentials of Psychological Assessment Series Series Editors, Alan S. Kaufman ...
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Series Preface
- Acknowledgements
- One - INTRODUCTION TO ESSENTIALS OF FORENSIC ASSESSMENT
- Two - ESSENTIALS OF CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATIONS
- Three - ESSENTIALS OF PERSONAL INJURY ASSESSMENT
- Four - ESSENTIALS OF MALINGERING ASSESSMENT
- Five - ESSENTIALS OF COMPETENCY TO STAND TRIAL ASSESSMENT
- Six - ESSENTIALS OF INVOLUNTARY CIVIL COMMITMENT ASSESSMENT
- Seven - ESSENTIALS OF JUVENILE ASSESSMENT
- Eight - ESSENTIALS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE ASSESSMENT
- Nine - ESSENTIALS OF MALTREATMENT ASSESSMENT
- Ten - ESSENTIALS OF VIOLENCE AND RISK ASSESSMENT
- References
- Annotated Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author