The Cambridge Handbook of Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis

Provides a research-informed review of topics essential to clinical psychological assessment and diagnosis.

This Handbook gives interpretive and practical recommendations for graduate students, researchers, and clinicians conducting clinical assessments across a number of settings. Written by experts in the field, each chapter provides a contemporary and research-informed review of the topics essential to psychological assessment and diagnosis.This Handbook provides a contemporary and research-informed review of the topics essential to clinical psychological assessment and diagnosis. It outlines assessment issues that cross all methods, settings, and disorders, including (but not limited to) psychometric issues, diversity factors, ethical dilemmas, validity of patient presentation, psychological assessment in treatment, and report writing. These themes run throughout the volume as leading researchers summarize the empirical findings and technological advances in their area. With each chapter written by major experts in their respective fields, the text gives interpretive and practical guidance for using psychological measures for assessment and diagnosis.