Psychologists' Desk Reference

PART 1: ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS; 1. Lifetime prevalence of mental disorders in the general population; 2. Mental status examination; 3. Improving diagnostic and clinical interviewing; 4. The multimodal life history inventory; 5. Increasing the accuracy of clinical judgement (and thereby treatment effectiveness); 6. Developmental neuropsychological assessment; 7. Adult neuropsychological assessment; 8. Assessment and intervention for executive dysfunction; 9. Child and adolescent diagnosis with DSM-IV; 10. Formulating diagnostic impressions with ethnic and racial minority children using the DSM-IV-TR; 11. Medical evaluation of children with behavioural or developmental disorders; 12. Interviewing parents; 13. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder through the life span; 14. Assessment of suicidal risk; 15. Assessment of malingering on psychological measures; 16. Identification and assessment of alcohol abuse; 17. Measures of acculturation; 18. DSM-IV-TR classification system; 19. A practical guide for the use of the global assessment of functioning (GAF) scale of the DSM-IV-TR; 20. Assessment of character strengths; PART 2: PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING; 21. 50 widely used psychological tests; 22. Sources of information about psychological tests; 23. Publishers of psychological and psychoeducational tests; 24. Types of test scores and their percentile equivalents; 25. Assessing the quality of a psychological testing report; 26. Child behaviour observations; 27. Measures of children's psychological development; 28. Assessing MMPI-2 profile validity; 29. Clinical scales of the MMPI-2; 30. Supplementary scales of the MMPI-2; 31. Characteristics of high and low scores on the MMPI-2 clinical scales; 32. Empirical interpretation of the MMPI-2 codetypes; 33. Millon clinical multiaxial inventory (MCMI-III); 34. Millon Adolescent clinical inventory (MACI); 35. Thumbnail guide to the Rorschach method; 36. Rorschach assessment: Questions and reservations; 37. Rorschach assessment: Scientific status and clinical utility; PART 3: INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY AND TREATMENT; 38. Patients' rights in psychotherapy; 39. Compendium of empirically supported therapies; 40. Compendium of psychotherapy treatment manuals; 41. Compendium of empirically supported therapy relationships; 42. Enhancing adherence; 43. Methods to reduce and counter resistance in psychotherapy; 44. Repairing ruptures in the therapeutic alliance; 45. Systematic assessment and treatment matching; 46. Stages of change: Prescriptive guidelines; 47. Psychotherapy treatment plan writing; 48. Key principles in the assessment of psychotherapy outcome; 49. Treatment and management of the suicidal patient; 50. Crisis intervention; 51. Impact of disasters; 52. Principles in the treatment of borderline personality disorder; 53. Psychotherapy with reluctant and involuntary clients; 54. Treatment matching in substance abuse; 55. Motivational interviewing; 56. Anxiety/anger management training; 57. Psychological interventions in adult disease management; 58. Assessing and treating normative male alexithymia; 59. Assessing and treating male sexual dysfunction; 60. Assessing and treating female sexual dysfunction; 61. Assessing and reducing risk of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus; 62. Guidelines for treating women in psychotherapy; 63. Assessment and treatment of lesbians, gay men and bisexuals; 64. Psychotherapy with older adults; 65. Refusal skills training; 66. Sexual feelings, actions and dilemmas in psychotherapy; 67. Six steps to improve psychotherapy homework compliance; 68. Stimulus control instructions for the treatment of insomnia; 69. Parent management training for childhood behaviour disorders; 70. Hypnosis and relaxation scripting; 71. Working with the religiously committed client; 72. Psychotherapy with cognitively impaired adults; 73. Early termination and referral of clients in psychotherapy; 74. Guidelines for relapse prevention; 75. Guidelines for terminating psychotherapy; PART 4: COUPLES, FAMILY AND GROUP TREATMENT; 76. Choice of treatment format; 77. Genograms in assessment and therapy; 78. Guidelines for conducting couple and family therapy; 79. Treating high-conflict couples; 80. Treatment of marital infidelity; 81. Group psychotherapy: An interpersonal approach; 82. Psychoeducational group treatment; PART 5: CHILD AND ADOLESCENT TREATMENT; 83. Principles of treatment with the behaviourally disordered child; 84. Psychological interventions in childhood chronic illness; 85. Methods to engage the reluctant adolescent; 86. The APSAC study guides; 87. Interviewing children when sexual abuse is suspected; 88. Treatment of child sexual abuse; PART 6: BIOLOGY AND PHARMACOTHERAPY; 89. Normal medical laboratory values and measurement conversions; 90. Use of height and weight assessment tools; 91. Medical conditions that may present as psychological disorders; 92. Adult psychopharmacology 1: Common usage; 93. Adult psychopharmacology 2: Side effects and warnings; 94. Pediatric psychopharmacology; 95. Dietary supplements and psychological functioning; 96. Common drugs of abuse; PART 7: SELF-HELP RESOURCES; 97. Top internet sites for psychologists and their clients; 98. Highly rated self-help books and autobiographies; 99. Popular films portraying mental disorders; 100. Facilitating client involvement in self-help groups; 101. National self-help groups and organizations; 102. Known and unproven herbal treatments for psychological disorders; PART 8: ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES; 103. Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct (2002); 104. Privacy, confidentiality, and privilege; 105. Involuntary psychiatric hospitalization (civil commitment): Adult and child; 106. Physical restraint and seclusion: regulations and standards; 107. Basic principles for dealing with legal liability risk situations; 108. Defending against legal complaints; 109. Dealing with licensing board and ethics complaints; 110. Dealing with subpoenas; 111. Glossary of legal terms of special interest in mental health practice; 112. Fifteen hints on money matters and related ethical issues; 113. How to confront an unethical colleague; 114. Confidentiality and the duty to protect; PART 9: FORENSIC MATTERS; 115. Forensic evaluations and testimony; 116. Forensic evaluation online; 117. Forensic referrals checklist; 118. Expert testimony in depositions; 119. Forensic assessment instruments; 120. Evaluation of competency to stand trial; 121. A model for clinical decision making with dangerous patients; 122. Principles for conducting a comprehensive child custody evaluation; 123. Recognizing, assisting, and reporting the impaired psychologist; 124. Essential features of professional liability insurance; PART 10: PRACTICE MANAGEMENT; 125. Sample psychotherapist-patient contract; 126. Fundamentals of the HIPAA privacy rule; 127. Basic elements of consent; 128. Basic elements of release forms; 129. Prototype mental health records; 130. Utilization review checklist; 131. Contracting with managed care organizations; 132. Billing issues; 133. Psychologists' fees and incomes; 134. Establishing a consultation agreement; 135. Computerized billing and office management programmes; PART 11: PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES; 136. Therapist self-care checklist; 137. Conducting effective clinical supervision; 138. Guide to interacting with the media; 139. Common clinical abbreviations and symbols; 140. Major professional associations; Index; What do you want in the next edition?