Mmpi-2: assessing personality and psychopathology, hardcover/john r. graham

The MMPI-2 is the most widely used personality test in the U.

and around the world.

It is employed in mental health settings, medical centers, and correctional programs, and is frequently admitted as evidence in legal proceedings.

In addition, the MMPI-2 is widely used in screening applicants for jobs that involve public trust and safety.

The fifth edition of MMPI-2: Assessing Personality and Psychopathology describes effective uses of all aspects of the MMPI-2 and explains how to accurately interpret test results.

Current and comprehensive, it presents detailed instructions for administering and scoring the MMPI-2 and discusses using the MMPI-2 with such diverse population groups as older adults, ethnic minorities, medical patients, and prisoners.

It provides guidelines for interpreting the tests Validity, Clinical Content, and Supplementary scales, illustrating points with case studies and examples.

The book also covers the Restructured Clinical (RC) scales, which help focus the interpretation of the original Clinical scales, and the Personality Psychopathology 5 (PSY-5) scales, which assess major dimensions of normal and abnormal personality.

About the Author: John R.

Graham is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Kent State University.

He began his work with the MMPI during his graduate training at the University of North Carolina in the 1960s.

He is the author of several books about the MMPI and its applications as well as numerous empirical articles.

He played a major role in the development of the MMPI-2 and MMPI-A and has taught workshops on the test throughout the world.