Guide to Psychological Assessment with Hispanics

ISBN-13: 9781461444114 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 422 str.

Lorraine Benuto

Opis

This book focuses on diversity, culture, and ethnicity as they relate to psychological assessment of Hispanics. It is a how-to guide for clinicians, researchers, and instructors working with Hispanic clients. Each chapter contains an overview of cultural considerations needed for assessing the Hispanic client followed by a specific exploration of the assessment measures available and the research that has been conducted on these measures with Hispanic participants. An exploration of the strengths and limitations of each assessment measure is included. Considering that ethnocultural minority individuals who are of Hispanic/Latino origin make up the largest ethnocultural minority group in the United States, guidelines for working with this population are a must. Given that a large subset of this percentage is composed of immigrants many of whom do not speak English or who have learned English as a second language, special considerations for effective psychological assessment are neccessary.This book fills a gap in the scientific literature by consolidating the research on psychological assessment with Hispanic samples into one comprehensive volume and providing simple recommendations for the psychological assessment of Hispanic clients. An exploration of the general psychological assessment domains (e.g., personality, intelligence) is included with references to research on the major assessment measures used in the field. A more specific exploration of psychodiagnostic assessment measures follows, including the assessment of mood disorders, anxiety disorders, sexual dysfunction, psychosis, etc. Several chapters are dedicated to specialized assessment, including neuropsychological assessment, forensic assessment, and school-based assessment, overall creating the most comprehensive, up-to-date, research-based compendium of psychological assessment measures for use with Hispanic clients.

Spis treści

1. Guide to Psychological Assessment with Hispanics: An Introduction.- 2. Bilingualism and its Impact on Psychological Assessment.- 3. The Assessment Interview: A review of Structured and Semi-Structured Clinical Interviews available for use among Hispanic Clients.- 4. Using Projective Tests with Hispanic Clients.- 5. Assessing Personality using Self-Report Measures with Hispanic Clients.- 6. IQ Testing and the Hispanic Client.- 7. Assessing Effort & Malingering with the Hispanic Client.- 8. Assessing Mood Disorders and Suicidality in Hispanics.- 9. Special Considerations when Assessing the Hispanic Adolescent: Examining Suicide Risk.- 10. Assessing Suicidality with the Hispanic Adult.- 11. Assessment of Anxiety with Hispanics.- 12. Assessing Substance-Related Disorders in Hispanic Clients.- 13. Assessing Sexual Dysfunction in Hispanic Clients.- 14. Assessing Eating Pathology in Hispanic Americans.- 15. Assessing for Personality Disorders in the Hispanic Client.- 16. Assessment of Dementia in the Hispanic Client: A Neuropsychological Perspective.- 17. Assessing Psychosis in Hispanics.- 18. Assessing Sleep Disorders in the Hispanic Patient.- 19. Assessing Somatoform Disorders with the Hispanic Client.- 20. Assessing developmental learning and communication disorders in Hispanic children: a neuropsychological perspective.- 21. School-based Assessment with Latina/o Children & Adolescents.- 22. Neuropsychological Assessment with Hispanic Clients.- 23. Assessing Risk, Recidivism, and Dangerousness in Hispanics.- 24. Forensic Assessment with the Hispanic Client.

O autorze

Lorraine T. Benuto received her doctoral degree in psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and she currently works at the University of Nevada, Reno as a clinical psychologist where she provides treatment to victims of sexual assault, sexual abuse, and child physical abuse. Dr. Benuto is also the associate director of the Nevada Caregiver Support Center where she works with individuals who have dementia and their families. Finally, Dr. Benuto chairs doctoral dissertations at Northcentral University. Dr. Benuto completed her APA-accredited internship at the VA in San Juan, Puerto Rico where she delivered psychological services to a culturally diverse clientele presenting with depression, anxiety, and dementia. Dr. Benuto has extensive experience delivering evidence-based treatments and conducting psychological assessments with the Latino population. She has delivered professional presentations at state, national, and international conferences on topics related to cultural competence and is co-editing Handbook of Adolescent Health Psychology, Guidelines to Psychological Assessment with African Americans, and Guidelines to Psychological Assessment with Asian Americans for Springer.

Blurb

A breakthrough moment in psychological assessment was the realization that one size does not fit all. Few populations prove this true as much as America’s largest ethnic minority: Hispanics, whose lives reflect a wide spectrum of cultural, language, and social factors. Traditionally, assessment has paid scant attention to such variables, but now clinicians are increasingly aware of linguistic and acculturation issues that can influence how psychological problems present—and that skewed test results can lead to misdiagnosis, inappropriate and ineffective treatment, and potentially devastating consequences.

 

The Guide to Psychological Assessment with Hispanics meets this evolving challenge by both outlining necessary cultural considerations and recommending specific measures for conducting assessment with Latino clients. This comprehensive resource describes salient test instruments in every major diagnostic area, and reviews current research on their use. Discussion covers the strengths and limitations of every measure featured, which span the range of assessment domains and specialties, including:

 

• Intelligence.
• Personality.
• Eating, sleeping, sexual, and substance abuse disorders.
• Mood disorders and suicide risk.
• Child-specific and school-based measures.
• Neuropsychology, forensics, dementia, psychosis, malingering, and more.

 

As guidelines for therapy with Latino clients are coming into their own, culturally relevant assessment is of critical importance. Its depth of practical detail makes the Guide to Psychological Assessment with Hispanics an essential reference for clinical psychologists, clinical social workers, and neuropsychologists.