Main description:

This comprehensive text describes a multimethod approach to assessing psychological and behavioral features of bipolar spectrum disorders and reviews important contextual considerations.

Psychological Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders provides mental health professionals with valuable empirical and interpretive support as they answer assessment questions for diagnostic and decision-making purposes.

Chapters are written by assessment psychologists who are renowned for their expertise and contributions in developing and researching specific assessment instruments or topics. They provide up-to-date information about widely used interview methods, self-report measures, and performance-based tests, including the MMPI-3, the SPECTRA, the Rorschach test, and cognitive and neuropsychological evaluations.

Additional chapters review special considerations for differential diagnosis, including comorbidity with medical conditions, distinguishing bipolar spectrum disorders from other disorders with similar traits, and accounting for multicultural factors. Two in-depth case examples provide comprehensive illustrations of the multimethod evaluation process with an adolescent and an adult.

Contents:

Introduction. Conceptual and Diagnostic Issues in the Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
James H. Kleiger & Irving B. Weiner
Chapter 1. The Value of Multi-method Psychological Assessment
Virginia M. BrabenderPart I. Interview & Self-report Methods
Chapter 2. Clinical Interview Methods for Assessing Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Ali Khadivi
Chapter 3. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Third Edition (MMPI-3) Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Martin Sellbom, Anthony M. Tarescavage & Megan Whitman
Chapter 4. Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Morgan N. McCredie, Christopher J. Hopwood & Leslie C. Morey
Chapter 5. Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-IV) Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
James P. Choca
Chapter 6. SPECTRA Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Mark Blais & Justin Sinclair
Chapter 7. Rating Scales Screening Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
James H. KleigerPart II. Performance-Based Methods
Chapter 8. Rorschach Comprehensive System (RCS) Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Irving B. Weiner
Chapter 9. Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) and the Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Joni L. Mihura
Chapter 10. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Sharon Jenkins
Chapter 11. Cognitive & Neuropsychological Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Jed YalofPart III. Considerations in Differential Diagnosis
Chapter 12. Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders, Dysregulated Mood & ADHD in Children & Adolescents
Anthony Bram & Ksera Dyette
Chapter 13. Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum & Medical Conditions
Panagiota Korenis
Chapter 14. Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum & Personality Disorders
Robert F. Bornstein
Chapter 15. Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum & Trauma-Related Disorders
F. Barton Evans, Bethany Brand & Nancy Kaiser-Boyd
Chapter 16. Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum & Schizophrenia
James H. Kleiger & Ali Khadivi
Chapter 17. Assessment of Manic-Depressive Personalities
Odile Husain
Chapter 18. Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders within a Multicultural Context
Linda F. McGheePart IV. Case Illustrations
Chapter 19. Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorder in an Adolescent
James H. Kleiger
Chapter 20. Assessing Bipolar Spectrum Disorder in an Adult
Irving B. Weiner