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American Psychological Assn.

Titles appearing in SciTech Book News — September 2007
Arrangement is by title.

Assessing Hispanic clients using the MMPI-2 and MMPI-A.

Butcher, James N. et al.
American Psychological Assn., ©2007    317 p.    $69.95    BF698
978-1-59147-924-6

Butcher (U. of Minnesota), Cabiya (Carlos Albizu U., San Juan, Puerto Rico), Lucio (National Autonomous U. of Mexico), and Garrido (U. of Rhode Island) provide psychological assessment practitioners a discussion of the issues, strengths, and limitations of incorporating an objective personality assessment instrument for psychological evaluations with Hispanic clients. Coverage includes an overview of the research base and the most effective interpretive strategies for MMPI-2 and MMPI-A, international use of the Spanish-language adaptations of the two instruments, use of the MMPI-2 with Hispanics in the U.S., assessing the credibility of Hispanic clients' responses, MMPI-2 measures and possible adjustments to interpretation of some scales, case studies of clinical interpretation of the MMPI-2 with Hispanic clients, assessing Hispanic adolescents with the MMPI-A, and case studies illustrating the use of the MMPI-A. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Case studies in emotion-focused treatment of depression; a comparison of good and poor outcome.

Watson, Jeanne C. et al.
American Psychological Assn., ©2007    232 p.    $59.95    RC537
978-1-59147-929-1

Aimed at students, researchers, and clinicians, this text provides examples of the use of emotion-focused therapy (EFT) in the treatment of depression. Case studies of six good and three poor outcome cases illustrate the principles of EFT and show how treatment progresses. The collection was designed as a companion volume to Greenberg and Watson's Emotion Focused Therapy for Depression (2005). Watson teaches counseling psychology at the U. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Inhibition in cognition.

Ed. by David S. Gorfein and Colin M. MacLeod. (Decade of behavior)
American Psychological Assn., ©2007    337 p.    $79.95    BF323
978-1-59147-930-7

Psychology researchers from around the US gathered in Arlington, Texas in March 2005 to share and integrate their findings on inhibition in various aspects of cognition. The 15 papers presented here discuss such topics as mechanisms of transfer-inappropriate processing, working memory capacity and inhibition, aging and inhibition deficits, concepts of inhibition and developmental psychopathology, and network models. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Law & mental health professionals, Utah.

Francis, Leslie Pickering and Linda F. Smith. (Law & mental health professionals series)
American Psychological Assn., ©2007    459 p.    $79.95    KFU326
978-0-9792125-6-7

Organized by topic and extensively cross-referenced, this guide for professionals gives sufficient information to know what questions to ask and which Utah statutes to consult. General topics include legal credentialing for professionals ranging from physicians and counselors to school nurses, social workers and subdoctoral psychologists; business matters such as professional corporations, insurance reimbursement for services and determining hospital privileges; limitations on and liabilities for practice, including malpractice and subpoena of records; civil matters specific to families and juveniles, including competency to marry, foster care and education for special needs and gifted children; civil and criminal trial matters such as psychology autopsy and hypnosis; criminal matters such as competency to be sentenced and parole determination; and voluntary or involuntary receipt of state services. Includes tables of cases and statutes. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)