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Summary: Excellent book on psych. testing
Review: 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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Summary: Excellent book on psych. testing
Review: 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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Summary: The Cliff Notes of assessment texts
Review: This book is one of the handiest resources I have seen. As a clinician with an assessment practice, I used to have a couple of bulky texts that contained a lot of superfluous information. What I like about this book, is that it gives really clear descriptions of the tests I use, and lots of shortcuts to interpretation.The text is set up in a straightforward manner. The first section, which is quite brief, reads like an assessment primer. It covers the key issues regarding assessment (e.g., how to choose the tests you give). The second section reviews the major psychological tests given today (WAIS-III, WISC-III, MMPI-2, etc), with one chapter for adults and another for child. What is really useful is that it gives solid clinical interpretation, and isn't filled with outdated material. I also like that the authors were frank about the tests' strengths and weaknesses. The third section covers the most common diagnostic categories, and provides suggested test findings. What I thought was most helpful here was that the authors considered the reality of diagnostic vagueries. Thus, depression, anxiety, and somatoform disorders are considered together because they share comorbidity. The rest of the book is a brief chapter on report writing, and an appendix that includes MMPI-2 code type interpretations, websites for test publishers, etc. What's interesting to me, too, is that the book has a broad appeal. I have been asking the students that I supervise to use the book, and I find that their approach to assessment is more sophisticated as a result.
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Summary: An excellent clinician's handbook on psychological testing
Review: 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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