This third edition apprises users of the MMPI-2/MMPI-2-Restructured Form
(RF) for the ever-changing landscape of this dynamic
personality/psychopathology instrument and its expanding utility in a
variety of contexts. Two new chapters addressing the RC scales and the
MMPI-2-RF are included in this updated text. Additionally, over 450 new
references have been incorporated into the book, with information
gathered and organized for practical clinical and forensic applications.
The codetype interpretation chapter has expanded its sections with more
in-depth feedback information and treatment considerations for
clinicians to help in facilitating the formulation of treatment
recommendations and strengthening therapeutic relationships with their
clients. A number of special scales with clinical and forensic
applications are also covered in this edition. An important section has
been added addressing the MMPI and suicide.
This new edition is a must-have resource that will inform and guide
users of the MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF in their daily practices, and assist
researchers in conceptualizing the operating characteristics and
configural relationships among the various scales and indices that
comprise this instrument. From simple single scale interpretation to
complex configural relationships, this text addresses a broad bandwidth
of interpretive information designed for text users' at all levels of
sophistication.
