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In this new edition, co-author, Timothy Trull, a specialist in psychopathology, clinical assessment, and personality disorders, has put together a major revision of this best-selling text. As this edition's new lead author, Trull has enhanced the book's readability, modernized its content, condensed and brightened its presentation, and added significant new material. In addition to a thoroughly updated discussion of clinical psychology, this edition sharpens its focus on empirically validated treatments and managed health care and offers increased coverage of culture and gender diversity in theory, research and practice.

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• Part 1 Foundations of Clinical Psychology
• 1 Clinical Psychology: An Introduction (p. 3)
• What Is Clinical Psychology? (p. 4)
• Closely Related Mental Health Professions (p. 4)
• Psychiatrists (p. 4)
• Counseling Psychologists (p. 5)
• Other Mental Health Professionals (p. 7)
• The Clinical Psychologist (p. 9)
• Activities of Clinical Psychologists (p. 9)
• Employment Sites (p. 14)
• A Week in the Life of Dr. Karen C. (p. 14)
• Some Demographic Notes (p. 16)
• Research and the Scientific Tradition (p. 16)
• Art or Science? (p. 17)
• Training: Toward a Clinical Identity (p. 18)
• An Overview (p. 18)
• Clinical Training Programs (p. 19)
• Admission to Graduate Programs (p. 22)
• Step 1 Know Your Program (p. 22)
• Step 2 Application Materials (p. 24)
• Essential Qualifications (p. 25)
• A Profession in Movement (p. 26)
• Demographics (p. 26)
• Training Models (p. 27)
• Clinical Practice (p. 27)
• A Tolerance for Ambiguity and a Thirst for New Knowledge (p. 27)
• 2 Historical Overview of Clinical Psychology (p. 31)
• Historical Roots (p. 32)
• Diagnosis and Assessment (p. 33)
• The Beginnings (1850-1899) (p. 33)
• The Advent of the Modern Era (1900-1919) (p. 33)
• Between the Wars (1920-1939) (p. 34)
• World War II and Beyond (1940-Present) (p. 35)
• Interventions (p. 38)
• The Beginnings (1850-1899) (p. 38)
• The Advent of the Modern Era (1900-1919) (p. 38)
• Between the Wars (1920-1939) (p. 40)
• World War II and Beyond (1940-Present) (p. 41)
• Research (p. 44)
• The Beginnings (1850-1899) (p. 44)
• The Advent of the Modern Era (1900-1919) (p. 44)
• Between the Wars (1920-1939) (p. 44)
• World War II and Beyond (1940-Present) (p. 44)
• The Profession (p. 47)
• The Beginnings (1850-1899) (p. 47)
• The Advent of the Modern Era (1900-1919) (p. 48)
• Between the Wars (1920-1939) (p. 48)
• World War II and Beyond (1940-1969) (p. 50)
• The Growth of a Profession (1970-Present) (p. 51)
• The 1988 Schism (p. 52)
• 3 Current Issues in Clinical Psychology (p. 56)
• Models of Training in Clinical Psychology (p. 57)
• The Scientist-Practitioner (p. 57)
• The Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) Degree (p. 58)
• Professional Schools (p. 59)
• Clinical Scientist Model (p. 60)
• Combined Professional-Scientific Training Programs (p. 63)
• Graduate Programs: Past and Future (p. 63)
• Professional Regulation (p. 64)
• Private Practice (p. 66)
• Independence and Economics (p. 67)
• The Health Care Revolution (p. 67)
• Prescription Privileges (p. 70)
• Culturally Sensitive Mental Health Services (p. 76)
• Ethical Standards (p. 77)
• Competence (p. 77)
• Confidentiality (p. 77)
• Client Welfare (p. 80)
• 4 Research Methods in Clinical Psychology (p. 84)
• Introduction to Research (p. 85)
• Methods (p. 86)
• Observation (p. 86)
• Epidemiological Research (p. 89)
• Correlational Methods (p. 91)
• Cross-sectional versus Longitudinal Approaches (p. 95)
• The Experimental Method (p. 97)
• Single-Case Designs (p. 101)
• Mixed Designs (p. 103)
• Statistical versus Practical Significance (p. 105)
• Research and Ethics (p. 106)
• 5 Diagnosis and Classification of Psychological Problems (p. 114)
• What Is Abnormal Behavior? (p. 116)
• Conformity to Norms: Statistical Infrequency or Violation of Social Norms (p. 116)
• The Case of Billy A. (p. 116)
• The Case of Martha L. (p. 119)
• Subjective Distress (p. 121)
• The Case of Cynthia S. (p. 121)
• The Case of Robert G. (p. 122)
• Disability or Dysfunction (p. 123)
• The Case of Richard Z. (p. 123)
• The Case of Phyllis H. (p. 123)
• Where Does This Leave Us? (p. 124)
• Mental Illness (p. 125)
• The Importance of Diagnosis (p. 125)
• Early Classification Systems (p. 127)
• DSM-IV (p. 127)
• The Case of Michelle M. (p. 128)
• General Issues in Classification (p. 130)
• Other Classification Systems (p. 135)
• Causes of Abnormal Behavior and Mental Illness (p. 136)
• Conclusion (p. 137)
• Part 2 Clinical Assessment
• 6 The Assessment Interview (p. 143)
• Assessment in Clinical Psychology (p. 144)
• Definition and Purpose (p. 144)
• The Case of Billy G. (p. 144)
• The Referral (p. 145)
• What Influences How the Clinician Addresses the Referral Question? (p. 146)
• The Interview (p. 146)
• General Characteristics of Interviews (p. 147)
• Interviewing Essentials and Techniques (p. 149)
• Rapport (p. 151)
• Communication (p. 152)
• The Patient's Frame of Reference (p. 155)
• The Clinician's Frame of Reference (p. 155)
• Varieties of Interviews (p. 156)
• The Intake-Admission Interview (p. 157)
• The Case-History Interview (p. 157)
• Mental Status Examination Interview (p. 157)
• The Crisis Interview (p. 158)
• The Diagnostic Interview (p. 165)
• Reliability and Validity of Interviews (p. 165)
• Reliability (p. 165)
• Validity (p. 171)
• Suggestions for Improving Reliability and Validity (p. 172)
• The Art and Science of Interviewing (p. 173)
• 7 The Assessment of Intelligence (p. 176)
• Intelligence Testing: Yesterday and Today (p. 177)
• The Concept of Intelligence (p. 178)
• Reliability and Validity (p. 178)
• Definitions of Intelligence (p. 181)
• Theories of Intelligence (p. 182)
• The IQ: Its Meaning and Its Correlates (p. 184)
• The Intelligence Quotient (IQ) (p. 184)
• Correlates of the IQ (p. 185)
• Heredity and Stability of IQ Scores (p. 186)
• The Clinical Assessment of Intelligence (p. 190)
• The Stanford-Binet Scales (p. 190)
• The Wechsler Scales (p. 192)
• The WAIS-III (p. 192)
• A Brief Case Report: Intellectual Evaluation (p. 196)
• The WISC-III (p. 196)
• The Clinical Use of Intelligence Tests (p. 197)
• The Case of Harold (p. 199)
• Some Final Observations and Conclusions (p. 200)
• 8 Personality Assessment (p. 204)
• Objective Tests (p. 206)
• Methods of Test Construction for Objective Tests (p. 207)
• The MMPI and the MMPI-2 (p. 209)
• A Summary Evaluation of the MMPI and MMPI-2 (p. 216)
• The Revised NEO-Personality Inventory (p. 218)
• NEO-PI-R Case Illustration (p. 220)
• Projective Tests (p. 222)
• The Nature of Projective Tests (p. 222)
• Measurement and Standardization (p. 223)
• The Rorschach (p. 224)
• Rorschach Case Illustration 1 (p. 225)
• Rorschach Case Illustration 2 (p. 225)
• The Thematic Apperception Test (p. 229)
• TAT Case Illustration (p. 231)
• Sentence Completion Techniques (p. 232)
• Illusory Correlation (p. 233)
• Incremental Utility (p. 233)
• The Use and Abuse of Testing (p. 234)
• 9 Behavioral Assessment (p. 240)
• The Behavioral Tradition (p. 241)
• Sample versus Sign (p. 241)
• Functional Analysis (p. 241)
• Behavioral Assessment as an Ongoing Process (p. 242)
• Interviews (p. 244)
• Observation Methods (p. 247)
• Naturalistic Observation (p. 247)
• Examples of Naturalistic Observation (p. 248)
• Controlled Observation (p. 250)
• Controlled Performance Techniques (p. 252)
• Self-Monitoring (p. 254)
• Variables Affecting Reliability of Observations (p. 256)
• Variables Affecting Validity of Observations (p. 256)
• Suggestions for Improving Reliability and Validity of Observations (p. 258)
• Contemporary Trends in Data Acquisition (p. 259)
• Role-Playing Methods (p. 259)
• Inventories and Checklists (p. 260)
• Cognitive Behavioral Assessment (p. 260)
• Concluding Comments (p. 261)
• 10 Clinical Judgment (p. 265)
• Process and Accuracy (p. 266)
• Interpretation (p. 266)
• Theory and Interpretation (p. 269)
• Quantitative versus Subjective Approaches (p. 269)
• The Case for a Statistical Approach (p. 271)
• The Case for a Clinical Approach (p. 273)
• Comparing Clinical and Actuarial Approaches (p. 274)
• Conclusions (p. 278)
• Improving Judgment and Interpretation (p. 280)
• Information Processing (p. 280)
• The Reading-In Syndrome (p. 280)
• Validation and Records (p. 281)
• Vague Reports, Concepts, and Criteria (p. 281)
• The Effects of Predictions (p. 281)
• Prediction to Unknown Situations (p. 281)
• Fallacious Prediction Principles (p. 282)
• The Influence of Stereotyped Beliefs (p. 282)
• "Why I Do Not Attend Case Conferences" (p. 282)
• Communication: The Clinical Report (p. 283)
• The Referral Source (p. 283)
• Aids to Communication (p. 285)
• A Case Illustration of a Clinical Report (p. 285)
• Part 3 Clinical Interventions
• 11 Psychological Interventions (p. 293)
• Introduction (p. 294)
• Intervention Defined (p. 294)
• Does Psychotherapy Help? (p. 294)
• What Problems Are Amenable to Change? (p. 295)
• Features Common to Many Therapies (p. 296)
• Nature of Specific Therapeutic Variables (p. 301)
• The Patient or Client (p. 301)
• The Therapist (p. 306)
• Course of Clinical Intervention (p. 309)
• Initial Contact (p. 310)
• Assessment (p. 310)
• The Goals of Treatment (p. 311)
• Implementing Treatment (p. 311)
• Termination, Evaluation, and Follow-up (p. 312)
• Psychotherapy Research (p. 314)
• Issues in Psychotherapy Research (p. 315)
• Comparative Studies (p. 316)
• Process Research (p. 318)
• Recent Trends (p. 319)
• Some General Conclusions (p. 321)
• 12 Psychotherapy: The Psychodynamic Perspective (p. 326)
• Psychoanalysis: The Beginnings (p. 327)
• Anna O. (p. 327)
• The Freudian View: A Brief Review (p. 329)
• From Theory to Practice (p. 331)
• The Role of Insight (p. 331)
• Techniques of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (p. 332)
• Free Association (p. 333)
• Analysis of Dreams (p. 333)
• Psychopathology of Everyday Life (p. 334)
• Resistance (p. 335)
• A Case Illustration of Resistance (p. 336)
• Transference (p. 336)
• Interpretation (p. 337)
• A Case Illustration of Interpretation (p. 337)
• Psychoanalytic Alternatives (p. 338)
• Ego Analysis (p. 339)
• Other Contemporary Developments (p. 339)
• Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (p. 340)
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy: An Empirically Supported Treatment (p. 342)
• Summary Evaluation of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (p. 343)
• Does Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Work? (p. 344)
• Interpretation and Insight (p. 344)
• Curative Factors (p. 345)
• The Lack of Emphasis on Behavior (p. 345)
• The Economics of Psychotherapy (p. 346)
• 13 Psychotherapy: Phenomenological and Humanistic-Existential Perspectives (p. 349)
• Client-Centered Therapy (p. 350)
• Origins (p. 350)
• The Phenomenological World (p. 350)
• Theoretical Propositions (p. 352)
• Theory of Therapy (p. 353)
• The Therapeutic Process (p. 354)
• Diagnosis (p. 355)
• A Case Illustration of Client-Centered Therapy (p. 356)
• Other Applications (p. 357)
• Some Concluding Remarks (p. 357)
• The Humanistic-Existential Movement (p. 360)
• Humanism (p. 360)
• Existential Therapy (p. 360)
• Logotherapy (p. 363)
• Gestalt Therapy (p. 363)
• Summary Evaluation of Phenomenological and Humanistic-Existential Therapies (p. 367)
• Contributions (p. 367)
• Problems (p. 368)
• 14 Psychotherapy: Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral Perspectives (p. 373)
• Origins of the Behavioral Approach (p. 374)
• Definition (p. 374)
• A Brief History (p. 374)
• Traditional Techniques of Behavior Therapy (p. 376)
• The Relationship (p. 376)
• Broad Spectrum of Treatment (p. 377)
• Systematic Desensitization (p. 378)
• A Case Illustration of Systematic Desensitization (p. 380)
• Exposure Therapy (p. 382)
• Behavior Rehearsal (p. 384)
• Contingency Management (p. 386)
• Aversion Therapy (p. 387)
• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (p. 388)
• Background (p. 388)
• Modeling (p. 390)
• Rational Restructuring (p. 391)
• Stress Inoculation Training (p. 391)
• Beck's Cognitive Therapy (p. 393)
• An Evaluation of Behavior Therapy (p. 394)
• Strengths (p. 395)
• Criticisms (p. 399)
• The Future (p. 402)
• 15 Group Therapy, Family Therapy, and Couples Therapy (p. 405)
• Group Therapy (p. 406)
• A Historical Perspective (p. 406)
• Approaches to Group Therapy (p. 406)
• A Case Illustration of Psychoanalytic Group Therapy (p. 407)
• The Arrangements (p. 412)
• The Curative Factors (p. 413)
• Does Group Therapy Work? (p. 414)
• The Future of Group Therapy (p. 414)
• Family Therapy and Couples Therapy (p. 416)
• The Development of Family Therapy (p. 417)
• The Concept of Communication (p. 417)
• Forms and Methods (p. 418)
• Conjoint Family Therapy (p. 419)
• A Case Illustration of Conjoint Family Therapy (p. 419)
• Other Varieties of Family Therapy (p. 421)
• When Family Therapy? (p. 422)
• Couples Therapy (p. 423)
• Are Family Therapy and Couples Therapy Effective? (p. 424)
• Special Problems (p. 426)
• Part 4 Specialties in Clinical Psychology
• 16 Community Psychology (p. 433)
• Perspectives and History (p. 434)
• The Community Psychology Perspective (p. 435)
• Chronology and Catalyzing Events (p. 435)
• Key Concepts (p. 438)
• The Concept of Community Mental Health (p. 438)
• The Concept of Prevention (p. 439)
• Empowerment (p. 443)
• Social Intervention Concepts (p. 445)
• Methods of Intervention and Change (p. 445)
• Consultation (p. 445)
• Community Alternatives to Hospitalization (p. 447)
• Crisis Intervention (p. 447)
• Intervention in Early Childhood (p. 449)
• Self-Help (p. 449)
• Paraprofessionals (p. 452)
• Concluding Comments (p. 452)
• Questions of Effectiveness (p. 452)
• Values, Power, and Civil Rights (p. 453)
• The Training of Community Psychologists (p. 453)
• The Age of Managed Care (p. 454)
• The Future of Prevention (p. 454)
• 17 Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine (p. 458)
• History and Perspectives (p. 459)
• Definitions (p. 459)
• History (p. 460)
• Linking Stress, Lifestyle and Behavior, Personality, Social Support, and Health (p. 461)
• Range of Applications (p. 466)
• Methods of Intervention (p. 467)
• Respondent Methods (p. 467)
• Operant Methods (p. 469)
• Cognitive-Behavioral Strategies (p. 469)
• Biofeedback (p. 470)
• Prevention of Health Problems (p. 472)
• Cigarette Smoking (p. 472)
• Alcohol Abuse and Dependence (p. 473)
• Obesity (p. 476)
• Other Applications (p. 476)
• Coping with Medical Procedures (p. 476)
• Compliance with Regimens (p. 477)
• Health Psychology: Prospects for the Future (p. 478)
• Health Care Trends (p. 478)
• Training Issues (p. 478)
• Other Challenges (p. 480)
• 18 Neuropsychology (p. 485)
• Perspectives and History (p. 486)
• Definitions (p. 486)
• Roles of Neuropsychologists (p. 486)
• History of Neuropsychology (p. 486)
• The Brain: Structure, Function, and Impairment (p. 490)
• Structure and Function (p. 490)
• Antecedents or Causes of Brain Damage (p. 490)
• Consequences and Symptoms of Neurological Damage (p. 492)
• Brain-Behavior Relationships (p. 493)
• Methods of Neuropsychological Assessment (p. 495)
• Major Approaches (p. 495)
• Interpretation of Neuropsychological Test Results (p. 495)
• Neurodiagnostic Procedures (p. 496)
• Testing Areas of Cognitive Functioning (p. 496)
• Test Batteries (p. 498)
• Variables That Affect Performance on Neuropsychological Tests (p. 501)
• Intervention and Rehabilitation (p. 502)
• Concluding Remarks (p. 503)
• Training (p. 503)
• The Future (p. 504)
• 19 Forensic Psychology (p. 508)
• Perspectives and History (p. 509)
• Definitions (p. 509)
• History (p. 509)
• Professional Issues (p. 511)
• Some Major Activities of Forensic Psychologists (p. 512)
• The Expert Witness (p. 512)
• Criminal Cases (p. 514)
• Civil Cases (p. 515)
• Rights of Patients (p. 519)
• Predicting Dangerousness (p. 520)
• Psychological Treatment (p. 521)
• Consultation (p. 522)
• Research and Forensic Psychology (p. 524)
• 20 Pediatric and Clinical Child Psychology (p. 528)
• Definitions, History, and Perspectives (p. 529)
• Definitions (p. 529)
• History (p. 530)
• A Developmental Perspective (p. 532)
• Resilience (p. 533)
• Major Activities (p. 533)
• General Issues (p. 534)
• Assessment (p. 535)
• Interventions (p. 542)
• Are Psychological Interventions for Children and Adolescents Effective? (p. 546)
• Prevention (p. 547)
• Consultation (p. 549)
• Training (p. 552)
• The Future of Clinical Child and Pediatric Psychology (p. 553)
• Appendix Web Sites of Interest (p. 557)
• References (p. 561)
• Name Index (p. 609)
• Subject Index (p. 619)