Clinical Personality Assessment, 2/e, is the revised edition of an acclaimed comprehensive clinical personality assessment text. In this updated volume, contributors from a diverse range of psychological disciplines address a number of central issues in personality assessment in clinical and forensic settings. Focusing on key problem areas in the field, the authors emphasize practical issues in their chapters. The result is a work of outstanding variety and depth of coverage with a useful, hands-on focus. The second edition has been updated to include several new topics, such as psychophysiological methods in assessing emotions, assessment of clients' marital satisfaction, behavior genetic considerations in personality assessment, and assessment of suicide risk. Other topics include ethical considerations in clinical personality assessment, assessment of racial and ethnic minorities, sources of personality information, and problems in personality assessment. A practical, context-based approach is maintained throughout, and a helpful appendix listing psychological assessment tests and procedures concludes the book. A definitive text in its field, Clinical Personality Assessment, 2/e, is ideal for both students and practicing clinical psychologists.

Part I: An Introduction to Clinical Personality Assessment 1. Clinical Personality Assessment: An Overview, James N. Butcher 2. Why Use Personality Tests? A Brief History and Some Comments, John E. Exner, Jr. and Philip Erdberg 3. How to Select Personality Tests for a Test Battery, Marvin W. Acklin 4. Theory and Measurement of Personality Traits, Allan R. Harkness 5. Behavior Genetic Perspectives on Clinical Personality Assessment, Robert F. Krueger and Kristian E. Markon 6. Psychophysiological Studies of Emotion and Psychopathology, Serena M. King, Jeannie L. Tsai, and Yulia Chentsova-Dutton 7. How to Assess Clients in Pretreatment Planning, Larry E. Beutler, T. Mark Harwood, and Robert Holaway 8. Assessment of Treatment Resistance via Questionnaire, Julia N. Perry 9. How to Use Computer-based Reports, James N. Butcher 10. How to Anticipate Ethical and Legal Challenges in Personality Assessments, Irving B. Weiner Part II: Special Populations in Personality Assessment 11. Clinical Personality Assessment with Asian Americans, Sumie Okazaki, Diya Kallivayalil, and Stanley Sue 12. Culturally Competent Assessment of Latino Clients: The MMPI-2, Roberto J. Velasquez, Paula J. Maness, and Ulla Anderson 13. The Assessment of Psychopathology in Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Bernadette Gray-Little 14. Issues in Clinical Assessment with Women, Damon Ann Robinson and Judith Worell 15. Personality Assessment of Neurologically Impaired Patients, Carlton S. Gass 16. Assessing Couples, Douglas K. Snyder, Brian V. Abbott, and Angela M. Castellani Part III: Special Populations in Personality Assessment 17. Standards and Standardization, Kurt F. Geisinger and Janet F. Carlson 18. Incorporating Base Rate Information in Daily Clinical Decision Making, Jan H. Kamphuis and Stephen E. Finn 19. Assessment of Malingering, David T. R. Berry et al. Part IV: Sources of Personality Information 20. Behavioral Observations, Martin Leichtman 21. Item Content in the Interpretation of the MMPI-2, James N. Butcher Part V: Problems in Personality Assessment 22. Assessing a Patient's Ability to Cope, Norman S. Endler and James D. A. Parker 23. Assessing Antisocial and Psychopathic Personalities, Carl B. Gacono and J. Reid Meloy 24. Assessment of Suicide Risk, Ronald Stolberg and Bruce Bongar 25. Assessing Personality Disorders, Thomas A. Widiger and Linda Anne Coker 26. Assessing the Risk of Aggression and Violence, Edwin L. Megargee 27. Assessing Criminal Responsibility, Kathleen P. Stafford and Yossef S. Ben-Porath 28. Assessment in Inpatient and Residential Settings, Marco J. Mariotto, Gordon L. Paul, and Mark H. Licht 29. Use of Objective Psychological Procedures in Assessing Alcohol/Drug Abuse, Roger L. Greene and Joseph A. Banken