New Directions in Interpreting the Millon

New Directions in Interpreting the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, edited by a leading MCMI researcher and featuring contributions from internationally renowned scholars in personality assessment, presents new methods of interpretation and new clinical applications for this classic objective measure of personality. This dynamic new handbook discusses issues related to the effect of culture on MCMI-III results and controversies regarding its forensic applications, and presents research related to the MCMI-III's diagnostic power with regard to diagnosis and malingering.

ROBERT J. CRAIG, PhD, ABPP, is a licensed clinical psychologist and the director of the VA Chicago Health Care System's Outpatient Drug Abuse Program (West Side Division). He is the author of Interpreting Personality Tests (Wiley), plus seven other books. He is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association and a Fellow in the Society for Personality Assessment.

Introduction.

PART I: NEW DIRECTIONS IN MCMI INTERPRETATION.

1. The MCMI-III Facet Subscales (S. Grossman & C. del Rio).

2. Diagnosing Personality Disorder Subtypes with the MCMI-III (R. Davis & M. Patterson).

3. Alternative Interpretations for the Histrionicv, Narcissistic, and Compulsive Personality Disorder Scales of the MCMI-III (R. Craig).

4. Interpreting "Within Normal Limits" Profiles: The Combined Use of the PACL and MCMI-III (S. Strack).

5. Diagnoses Associated with MCMI Code Types (R. Craig).

6. Issues in the Assessment of Personality Disorders and Substance Abusers with the MCMI (P. Flynn).

7. International Uses of the MCMI: Does Interpretation Change? (G. Rossi & H. Sloore).

PART II: NEWER APPLICATIONSD WITH THE MCMI-III.

8. Using ther MCMI-III for Treatment Planning and to Enhance Clinical Efficacy (J. Magnavita).

9. Use of the MCMI-III with Other Personality Inventories (R. Craig).

10. Forensic Application of the MCMI-III in Light of Recent Controversies (F. Dyer).

PART III: CONTINUING CONTROVERSIES.

11. Assessing Response Bias with the MCMI Modifying Indices (R. Bagby & M. Marshall).

12. Validity of the MCMI-III in the Description and Diagnosis of Psychopathology (A. Ryder & S. Wetzler).

13. The Diagnostic Efficiency of the MCMI-III in the Detection of Axis: I Disorders (P. Gibeau & J. Choca).

14. On the Decline of MCMI Based Research (R. Craig & R. Olson).

15. Using Critiques of the MCMI to Improve MCMI Research and Interpretations (L. Hsu).

Appendix: Million Clinical Multiaxial Inventory.

Bibliography.

About the Editor.

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New Directions in Interpreting the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III)

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