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.
James H. Kleiger, PsyD, ABPP, ABAP, is a diplomate in clinical and assessment psychology and Fellow in the Society for Personality Assessment. Dr. Kleiger is a practicing psychologist and psychoanalyst in Bethesda, MD. He is past President of the Baltimore Washington Society for Psychoanalysis and previously the Director of the Postdoctoral Psychology Training Program at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, KS. He is the author of Disordered Thinking and The Rorschach, Assessing Psychosis: A Clinician's Guide, Rorschach Assessment of Psychotic Phenomena, Psychological Assessment of Disordered Thinking and Perception, and the historical fiction The 11th Inkblot. Irving B. Weiner, PhD, ABBP, is a retired Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at the University of South Florida and Past President of the Clinical Division of the American Psychological Association (APA). He is a Fellow of APA and the Association for Psychological Science, a Diplomat of the American board of Professional Psychology in both Clinical and Forensic Psychology, and previously a licensed psychologist in the practice of clinical and forensic psychology. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including Psychological Assessment of Disordered Thinking and Perception, and is Editor-in-Chief of the 12-volume Handbook of Psychology.
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
