Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Volume 2 presents the most up-to-date coverage on personality assessment from leading experts.
* Contains contributions from leading researchers in this area.
* Provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date information on personality assessment.
* Presents conceptual information about the tests.

The older adult population is booming in the United State and across the globe. With this boom comes an increase in the number of older adults who experience psychological disorders. Current estimates suggest that about 20% of older persons are diagnosable with a mental disorder: Personality disorders are among the most poorly understood, challenging, and frustrating of these disorders among older adults. This book is designed to provide scholarly and scientifically-based guidance about the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of personality disorders to health professionals, mental health...

This fully revised and updated second edition provides a complete introduction to aging and mental health for psychology students taking courses in aging as well as for academics and practitioners working in the field of gerontology.

• Offers a comprehensive review of models of mental health and mental illness, along with their implications for treatment of older adults
• Provides a pragmatic analysis of assessment and treatment approaches that both students and practitioners will find useful
• Uses case studies to link theory and practice
• Fully updated to...