In today's time-pressured managed care environment, it is important for clinicians to quickly identify the nature of a patient's problem and initiate treatment. With thousands of psychological instruments available, this can often be difficult. This book offers a form of psychological assessment "triage." It eliminates the guesswork and helps psychologists quickly select, administer, and interpret psychological tests.
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In today's time-pressured managed care environment, it is important for clinicians to quickly identify the nature of a patient's problem and initiate treatment. With thousands of psychological instruments available, this can often be difficult. This book offers a form of psychological assessment "triage." It eliminates the guesswork and helps psychologists quickly select, administer, and interpret psychological tests.
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Mental health clinicians face growing pressure to produce reliable, accurate psychological assessments in the shortest possible time. Rapid Psychological Assessment eases that pressure with quick, concise, "assessment triage" guidelines for children, adults, and the elderly. This easily portable, user friendly reference eliminates guesswork and helps practitioners select the most appropriate tests, administer each instrument quickly and correctly, and interpret and report results accurately.
The first of the book's three parts provides a thorough overview of the key areas of knowledge needed for assessment. It covers diagnosis, test selection, interviewing, and mental status exams, and reviews the most commonly used measures for adult and child assessment. Key pointers highlight important issues such as how to clarify referrals, select tests, assess for malingering, and establish rapport. This selection also summarizes and provides interpretation guidelines for the most current assessments available, including the newly released WAIS-III and WMS-III, all of the test most frequently used by practicing psychologists, and a wide range of additional specific measures.
The second section organizes DSM-IV disorders by the symptoms that are considered in an assessment. Each chapter reviews practical considerations, describes primary disorders in terms of clinical presentation and test results, discusses common differential diagnoses, and provides test results consistent with each disorder. Specific treatment recommendations are offered, as well as variations for children and the elderly, where appropriate. A special section advanced cognitive assessment lays out a model for neuropsychological interpretation of test data.
The book concludes with structured information on report writing and framework for converting raw test data into diagnoses and recommendations.
Rapid Psychological Assessment is a valuable tool for clinicians in any environment who need dependable information and effective techniques for performing timely, accurate assessments. It is also an excellent text for students and others who need a reliable introduction to the real world of clinical psychological assessment.
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Excellent book on psych. testing,
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As a therapist who supervises social workers at a center for emotionally disturbed children, I have to read and understand psychological tests. This book is lucid, well-written, covers a lot of ground regarding most of the tests. It has been a great help.
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An excellent clinician's handbook on psychological testing,
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This is book is great because it provides really clear information on all of the best psych tests, including the WAIS-III and WMS-III. I also like that it includes test results for children and older adults, not just adults. It's short and sweet, and small enough to take with me when I see patients.
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I hope to use this book very soon and from reviewing it, I can see that it is very helpful and I look forward to using it regularly as I practise psychology
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PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT plays a central role in diagnosis and treatment and there are several primary reasons for conducting an evaluation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
key test findings, manic clients, following treatment recommendations, typical test results, key descriptive features, interpretive software, subtest scatter, supplementary scales, raw test data, special scores, referral question, complex figure test, disorder clients, symbol search, clinical scales, achromatic color, client factors, social introversion, depressed periods, standardization sample, digit span, personality pathology, referring source Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Testing Tip, Personality Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Picture Arrangement, Psychopathic Deviate, Bipolar Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Learning Disorder, Panic Disorder, Picture Completion, Letter-Number Sequencing, Somatization Disorder, New York, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Social Phobia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Spatial Span, Conversion Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, American Psychological Association, Hyperactivity Disorder, Older Adults There, Aggressive Behavior, Alcohol Dependence, Diagnosis These New!
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PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT plays a central role in diagnosis and treatment and there are several primary reasons for conducting an evaluation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
key test findings, manic clients, following treatment recommendations, typical test results, key descriptive features, interpretive software, subtest scatter, supplementary scales, raw test data, special scores, referral question, complex figure test, disorder clients, symbol search, clinical scales, achromatic color, client factors, social introversion, depressed periods, standardization sample, digit span, personality pathology, referring source Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Testing Tip, Personality Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Picture Arrangement, Psychopathic Deviate, Bipolar Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Learning Disorder, Panic Disorder, Picture Completion, Letter-Number Sequencing, Somatization Disorder, New York, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Social Phobia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Spatial Span, Conversion Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, American Psychological Association, Hyperactivity Disorder, Older Adults There, Aggressive Behavior, Alcohol Dependence, Diagnosis These New!
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- Boston Naming Test by Edith Kaplan on page 224
- Thematic Apperception Test by Henry A. Murray M.D. on page 92
- The Thirteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros Mental Measurements Yearbooks) (v. 13) by Buros Institute on page 27
- Tests in Print VII (Tests in Print (Buros)) (v. 7) by Buros Institute on page 27
- Geriatric Psychiatry by Ewald W. Busse on page 302
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- Measures for Clinical Practice: A Sourcebook, Volume 2, Adults by Kevin Corcoran in Back Matter
- Measures for Clinical Practice: A Sourcebook: Volume 1: Couples, Families, and Children, Third Edition by Kevin Corcoran in Back Matter
- Vascular Dementia by John Meyer on page 153
- The Mental Health Desk Reference: Visual Guides and More for Learning to Use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (Dsm-Iv-Tr (Haworth Social Work Practice,) by Carlton Munson in Back Matter
- Working with People at High Risk of Developing Psychosis: A Treatment Handbook by Jean Addington on page 109
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