Integrative Assessment of Adult Personality, Third Edition

"Every once in a great while, a book comes along that is truly indispensable. Integrative Assessment of Adult Personality is such a book. Comprehensive, authoritative, and scholarly, the third edition will be a valuable addition to any practitioner’s library, and is well suited as a text for graduate courses in psychological assessment."--Robert F. Krueger, PhD, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota

"As both a classroom text and a practitioner reference, this volume provides considerable insight into the importance of an integrated approach to assessment across clinical, research, forensic, and educational settings. It is an essential work that incorporates principles, procedures, and tests into a single volume. I enthusiastically recommend this book to all mental health professionals and their trainees. The third edition attests to these outstanding authors' continuing contributions to the field."--Terence M. Keane, PhD, National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, and Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine

"This third edition provides a masterful synthesis of cutting-edge practice and research on adult psychological assessment. The authors explain/m-/and illustrate in a compelling case example/m-/how to integrate information into a coherent, treatment-useful assessment. They walk us step by step through defining the referral question, selecting tests, conducting the clinical interview and the major inventories, providing feedback, and preparing an integrated report. Impressive and unique in so many ways!"/m-/John C. Norcross, PhD, ABPP, Department of Psychology, University of Scranton -