Integrative Assessment of Adult Personality

A complete, thorough, and pragmatic guide to clinical assessment, this authoritative book meets a key need for both students and practitioners. The authors describe how to construct a "moving picture" of each patient by integrating data from a variety of sources. Included are detailed, systematic reviews of widely used instruments together with strategies for selecting the best methods for particular referral questions. Readers learn to conduct integrated assessments that take the complexities of the individual personality into account, serve as the basis for developing an effective treatment plan, and facilitate meaningful reporting and client feedback. New to this Edition: * incorporates the latest research findings and assessment/treatment planning tools * chapters on the Personality Assessment Inventory and the NEO-PI-R and NEO-PI-3 * a new extended case example runs throughout the chapters * critically evaluates the recently published MMPI-2-RF.

T. Mark Harwood, PhD, private practice, St. Charles, USA; Larry E. Beutler, PhD, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, USA; and Gary Groth-Marnat, PhD, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, USA, and private practice, Santa Barbara, USA

"Every once in a great while, a book comes along that is truly indispensable. Integrative Assessment of Adult Personality is such a book. Comprehensive, authoritative, and scholarly, the third edition will be a valuable addition to any practitioner's library, and is well suited as a text for graduate courses in psychological assessment." - Robert F. Krueger, University of Minnesota, USA "As both a classroom text and a practitioner reference, this volume provides considerable insight into the importance of an integrated approach to assessment across clinical, research, forensic, and educational settings. It is an essential work that incorporates principles, procedures, and tests into a single volume. I enthusiastically recommend this book to all mental health professionals and their trainees. The third edition attests to these outstanding authors' continuing contributions to the field." - Terence M. Keane, VA National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Boston University School of Medicine, USA "This