Essentials of Forensic Psychological Assessment / Edition 2

by Marc J. Ackerman

Overview

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the key assessment instruments used by forensic psychologists

Mental health professionals are frequently called on to perform forensic assessments for a wide variety of court cases. To use these instruments properly, professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret them. Now fully revised and in a second edition, Essentials of Forensic Psychological Assessment is that source.

The Second Edition is completely updated to reflect current research and theory in the field, including the most recent codes and standards published by the American Psychological Association. In addition, this volume offers updated coverage of the most frequently used instruments in forensic psychological assessments, including the MMPI®-2 and MMPI-2-RF, PAI®, Rorschach®, ASPECT, and various neuropsychological assessment instruments.

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

Written by a noted forensic psychologist, the Second Edition offers in-depth coverage of maltreatment and domestic violence, as well as the assessment of recidivism, fitness to stand trial, civil commitment, substance abuse assessment, custody evaluations, personal injury assessments, and many other aspects of forensic mental health practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470551684
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	04/26/2010
Series:	Essentials of Psychological Assessment , #77
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

MARC J. ACKERMAN, PhD, Chair of the Forensic Psychology Program at the Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology, is a forensic and clinical psychologist and expert on personal injury and child custody. He maintains a counseling and consulting practice in Milwaukee and is the author of several books for psychologists and lawyers on the topic of child custody, including Wiley's Clinician's Guide to Child Custody Evaluations, Third Edition and "Does Wednesday Mean Mom's House or Dad's?": Parenting Together While Living Apart, Second Edition. He has been involved in thousands of personal injury and custody evaluation cases and is the cocreator of ASPECT, a major child-custody evaluation instrument.

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Table of Contents

Series Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

One Introduction to Essentials of Forensic Assessment 1

Two Essentials of Child Custody Evaluations 22

Three Essentials of Personal Injury Assessment 66

Four Essentials of Malingering Assessment 85

Five Essentials of Competency to Stand Trial Assessment 112

Six Essentials of Involuntary Civil Commitment Assessment 149

Seven Essentials of Juvenile Assessment 185

Eight Essentials of Substance Abuse Assessment 224

Nine Essentials of Maltreatment Assessment: Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Psychological Abuse, and Domestic Violence 248

Ten Essentials of Violence and Risk Assessment 275

References 293

Annotated Bibliography 319

Index 321

About the Author 333