Advanced Psychodiagnostic Interpretation of the Bender Gestalt Test: Adults and Children [Hardcover]

Norman Reichenberg (Author), Alan J. Raphael (Author)

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Publication Date: February 28, 1992 | ISBN-10: 0275941639 | ISBN-13: 978-0275941635

Although personality assessment and delineation was attempted as early as the fifth century, the intensive study of human personality characteristics and efforts to measure them are less than two hundred years old. Instruments to measure the unconscious aspects of personality began to emerge early in the twentieth century, largely as a result of the work of those interested in the measurement of human perception. The Bender Gestalt Test was catapulted into prominence when World War II provided an urgent need for personality tests to diagnose huge numbers of American soldiers who were culturally and geographically diverse, more than occasionally illiterate, and often suffering from one of many psychiatric disorders or some degree of organic brain syndrome. Since the Bender Gestalt Test could be administered to large groups of soldiers in five to ten minutes, it became one of the most popular tests of that era, and it has remained one of the five most popular and frequently used tests for the assessment of personality and neurologic abnormalities. American academicians, researchers, and clinicians affected by the surge in cost containment measures of managed health care and the sharply reduced funding in outpatient and inpatient mental health services are seeking expeditious, inexpensive solutions for complex, often chronic problems. The Bender Gestalt Test offers quick, relatively culture-free, non-verbal personality and neurologic information that is ideal for group administration. Based on thirty years of experience with more than twenty thousand subjects of diverse ethnic and educational backgrounds, as well as independent research conducted at the University of Miami, Florida, the system developed by Reichenberg and Raphael offers a new means of extending and increasing the dynamic personality assessment usage of the test. As such, it is of great use to researchers and practitioners in medical and psychiatric hospitals and counseling and assessment programs in both the public and private sectors.

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“This book will turn the usual, rather limited interpretation of the Bender Gestalt into a rich source of clues to be explored in the full clinical psychological battery. It does this through insightfully discussed examples and by introducing a scoring system that places expert clinical intuition into a reliable concrete form that can be learned and utilized by every clinician.”–Elbert W. Russell, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist Fellow, American Psychological Association Co-author of The Halstead Lennick Russell Battery

About the Author

NORMAN REICHENBERG is President of Reichenberg & Raphael Review, Inc., a psychological testing and review company.

ALAN J. RAPHAEL is Vice President of Reichenberg & Raphael Review, Inc., President of Coral Gables Mental Health Associates, and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Miami, Florida.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Praeger Publishers (February 28, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0275941639
• ISBN-13: 978-0275941635
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,013,434 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Advanced Psychodiagnostic Interpretation of the Bender Gestalt Test: Adults and Children (Hardcover)

I bought this book trying to spruce my skills the book is as old as my daughter 18 years outdated and probably the same information I already know. And too expensive as well What a shame...