Essentials of MMPI-2 Assessment (Essentials of Psychological Assessment Series) (Paperback)

by David S. Nichols (Author) "The road that led to the development of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was circuitous, its course passing by a number of notable psychometric..." (more)
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Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the MMPI-2™

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Revised (MMPI-2™) is the most widely used test in the world for personality assessment. To use it properly, professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret this test. Written by clinical psychologist David S. Nichols, Essentials of MMPI-2™ Assessment is that source.

Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy mental health professionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of a major psychological assessment instrument. 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.

Essentials of MMPI-2™ Assessment provides step-by-step guidance on test administration, scoring, and interpretation. As well, the author provides his expert assessment of the test’s relative strengths and weaknesses, valuable advice on its clinical applications, and several illuminating case reports.

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Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the MMPI-2™

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Revised (MMPI-2™) is the most widely used test in the world for personality assessment. To use it properly, professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret this test. Written by clinical psychologist David S. Nichols, Essentials of MMPI-2™ Assessment is that source.

Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy mental health professionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of a major psychological assessment instrument. 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.

Essentials of MMPI-2™ Assessment provides step-by-step guidance on test administration, scoring, and interpretation. As well, the author provides his expert assessment of the test’s relative strengths and weaknesses, valuable advice on its clinical applications, and several illuminating case reports.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (March 13, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471345334
• ISBN-13: 978-0471345336
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #42,063 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Detailed, Helpful Advice for Beginners & Advanced MMPI-2 Use, April 4, 2003

By	psychoBOBlogy "Bob" (USA) - See all my reviews

David Nichols provides detailed, easy-to-understand guidance for assessing psychopathology and personality using the MMPI-2. As a graduate student in clinical psychology, I found this book extremely helpful in evaluating MMPI-2 profiles. The book we are using in my Assessment of Personality course - Newmarks' Major Psychological Assessment Instruments, was simply too dry and academic. I purchased Essentials to help me understand the powerful MMPI-2. It worked! In class, when called upon to provide my own assessment of MMPI-2 profiles, I was able to quickly make sound judgments. Other students were amazed. In fact, the professor asked: "How did you know that?" When I shared I was using Nichols' book, he exclaimed; "That explains it. That book is excellent."

Essentials includes far greater detail on potential 2, 3, and 4 code profiles. In addition, it includes insight into the history, treatment and prognosis of individuals with various clinical scale, validity scale, and profile code scores. It also includes detailed information on the clinical and normal groups and validation stragy used for each scale. Many tables also provide quick references for later use.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The portable MMPI-2 handbook, May 18, 2003

By	Martha L. Rogers, Ph.D. (Tustin, CA USA) - See all my reviews

I have an entire shelf of MMPI/MMPI-2 books. While I can't give up my Roger Greene volume, nor Caldwell, Butcher, and others, this little book wins the prize for practicality. Dr. Nichols has integrated manifestations of psychopathology and real world behaviors that are commonly seen in various MMPI-2 score elevations or depressions at a level that exceeds that of other available handbooks. This is not just a book for the beginning student -- while it will give novices a real jump start, it is a book which advanced practitioners including forensic psychologists will find exceptionally useful. This book is worth every penny and then some. I only wish that Wiley would put this book into e-book format so that I could have it in my computer for ready access wherever I go.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars MMPI-2 at a glance , February 6, 2006

By	Grad Student "amber" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

While I am not a big fan of the MMPI2, if you must use it and write reports on it, this book will help you out immensely.

However, if you are just beginning to do assessments, I recommend mastering the Personality Assesssment Inventory (PAI) instead, because it was written in response to MMPI criticisms and is more contemporary. And if for no other reason than the fact that you don't need millions of stencils to handscore it!!