Guide to Psychological Assessment with African Americans

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Benuto, Lorraine T. (Editor), Leany, Brian D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Social work.; Clinical psychology.; Neuropsychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Social Work.; Cross Cultural Psychology.

The movements toward cultural sensitivity and evidence-based practice are watershed developments in clinical psychology. As a population with a long history of substandard treatment from mental health systems, African Americans have especially benefitted from these improvements. But as with other ra...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to psychological assessment with African Americans. – Conducting Assessments and Psychological Evaluations with African American Clients
• Cross-Cultural Considerations with African American Clients: A Perspective on Psychological Assessment
• The Assessment Interview: A review of Structured and Semi-Structured Clinical Interviews available for use among African American Clients
• Assessing Personality using Self-Report Measures with African American Clients
• IQ Testing and the African American Client
• Assessing Effort & Malingering with the African American Client
• Assessing Mood Disorders and Suicidality in African Americans
• Assessment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic, and Phobias with African Americans
• Assessment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with African Americans
• Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with African Americans
• Assessing Substance-Related Disorders in African Americans
• Assessing Eating Pathology in African Americans
• Assessing for Personality Disorders in the African American Client
• Screening for Cognitive Decline & Assessment of Dementia with African Americans
• Assessing Psychosis in African-American Clients
• Assessing Somatoform Disorders with the African American Client
• School-based Assessment with African American Children and Adolescents
• Neuropsychological Assessment with African American Clients
• Assessing Risk and Recidivism in African-Americans
• Forensic Assessment with the African American Client.