In a managed care era, the MMPI-2 is required to generate more and more of the assessments that a battery of instruments once did. Edward Gotts and Thomas Knudsen have integrated useful MMPI scales with all the standard MMPI-2 scales.
As healthcare costs rise, so too do the costs of assessment instruments, critical tools for mental health professionals. This resource identifies the most efficient free access instruments and provides summary information about administration, scoring, interpretation, psychometr…
"While some traditional assessment instruments have become prohibitively expensive, as with many other fields, the Internet offers a host of more affordable and equitable alternative assessment tools at little or no cost. The pitfall of this alternative, thus far, has been the l…
"Garcia and Petrovich ... provide a balanced overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the DSM, a comprehensive review of the nature, etiology, and treatment of major mental disorders, and most importantly, a perspective based on solid scholarship that makes clear how much we …
"Garcia and Petrovich ... provide a balanced overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the DSM, a comprehensive review of the nature, etiology, and treatment of major mental disorders, and most importantly, a perspective based on solid scholarship that makes clear how much we …
"As it stands, the DSM fails to address important sources of strength and resiliency that can significantly affect diagnosis and treatment. The authors of this transformative volume propose enhancements to the current diagnostic and classification system that encompass the biops…
The Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale-Global Rating Method (SCORS-G) is a clinician-rated measure that can be used to code various forms of narrative material. It is comprised of eight dimensions, which are scored using a seven-point Likert scale, where lower scores ar…
"The Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale-Global Rating Method (SCORS-G) is a clinician rated measure that can be used to code various forms of narrative material. It is comprised of eight dimensions which are scored using a seven-point Likert scale, where lower scores ar…
Casebook of interpersonal psychotherapy
Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), an empirically validated treatment for depression and other disorders, is becoming more frequently used to treat a range of psychiatric diagnoses. Based on evidence that interpersonal problems contribute to the onset of psychiatric disorders, I…