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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809889203321

Autore

Butcher James Neal <1933->

Titolo

Personality assessment in treatment planning : use of the MMPI-2 and BTPI / / James N. Butcher, Julia N. Perry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-19-020844-9

0-19-773648-3

1-281-52924-9

9786611529246

0-19-804410-0

Edizione

[[Rev. and substantially expanded ed.].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

PerryJulia N

ButcherJames Neal <1933->

Disciplina

616.89/075

Soggetti

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

Personality assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: MMPI-2 in psychological treatment / James Butcher. 1990.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Importance of psychological assessment in treatment planning -- Introduction to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) -- Hypotheses about treatment from MMPI-2 scales and indexes -- MMPI-2 supplementary scales in treatment evaluation -- MMPI-2 content indicators in evaluating therapy patients -- The Butcher Treatment Planning Inventory (BTPI) -- Use of computer-generated reports in treatment planning -- Providing the client feedback with the MMPI-2 -- Case analyses -- Postscript : objective personality in psychological treatment.

Sommario/riassunto

In this volume the authors show how personality measures can be applied in psychotherapeutic assessments to facilitate understanding of the patient and devising treatment.