Mmpi-2: A Practitioner's Guide [Hardcover] [2005] (Author) James N. Butcher

by James N. Butcher

Since its introduction in 1940 and revision in the 1980s, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is one of the most widely used psychopathology assessment instruments. Butcher (emeritus, psychology, U. of Minnesota) introduces this text/reference of 19 chapters intended to aid graduate student and practitioners in MMPI-2 test interpretation. Contributors treat general issues; case studies of diverse applications (e.g., evaluation of disability, with Hispanic clients); the research base; and new scales. The chapter on malingering treats the key issue of validity. Sources for MMPI translations into other languages conclude the volume. Annotation 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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First published August 1, 2005

About the author

James N Butcher is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Butcher received his graduate training at the University of North Carolina and served on the faculty of the University of Minnesota for over 40 years. He has written more than 50 books and 175 articles on the MMPI®, MMPI®-2, and MMPI-A, including Essentials of MMPI-2 and MMPI-A Interpretation (with Dr Carolyn Williams), published in 2000 by the University of Minnesota Press. He was instrumental in identifying the need for a revision of the MMPI, which resulted in the MMPI Restandardization Project conducted during the 1980s and 1990s.

More recently, Dr. Butcher co-authored two books published by the American Psychological Association: Assessing Hispanic Clients Using the MMPI-2 and MMPI-A (with Jose Cabiya, Emilia Lucio and Maria Garrido, 2007) and the third edition of The MMPI/MMPI-2/MMPI-A in Court (with Ken Pope and Joyce Seelen, 2006). Butcher and 25 colleagues from around the world used the Adolescent Interpretive System of the Minnesota Report to develop International Case Studies on the MMPI-A: An Objective Approach. This casebook illustrates the use of the Minnesota Report with adolescents in 15 countries outside the United States.