Personality Assessment in Managed Health Care: Using the MMPI-2 in Treatment Planning

by James N. Butcher

Overview

In response to the many challenges facing mental health professionals in the era of managed care, this highly respected group of contributors from academia, managed care, and full-time clinical practice, outline the importance of personality assessment, particularly through the use of MMPI-2. Butcher and his colleagues argue that psychological assessment plays an indispensable role in managed care, both because it is an essential tool for evaluating the effectiveness of therapy and because of its significant contributions to the structuring and shortening of the process of therapy. By providing working examples of psychological treatment in the context of managed care, this book shows us that the most effective treatments use personality assessment as their foundation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195111606
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/28/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

University of Minnesota

Table of Contents

Part I: Implications of Managed Care for Personality Assessment1. Assessment and Treatment in the Era of Managed Care, James N. Butcher2. Clinical Decision Making in Managed Health Care, T. Mark Harwood, Larry E. Beutler, Daniel Fisher, Monica Sandowicz, Ann Leslie Albanese, Mary Baker3. Determining the Therapeutic Relationship of Choice in Brief Therapy, John C. Norcross, Larry E. Beutler4 Challenges for Mental Health Service Providers: The Perspective of Mangaged Care Organizations, Peter A. Ambrose, Jr.5. Psychological Assessment in Capitated Care: Challenges and Opportunities, Cynthia D. Belar6. Incorporations of Objective Assessment in Mental Health Care Provision: An Important Role for the Practicing Psychologist, Ralph H. Earle and Roxanne R. WittePart II: The Role of Objective Personality Assessment in Treatment Planning: The MMPI-2 in Practice7. Psychological Tests in Treatment Planning: The Importance of Objective Assessment, Kelly Klump and James N. Butcher8. Therapeutic Assessment with the MMPI-2 in Managed Health Care, Stephen E. Finn and Hale Martin9. Use of Computer-Based Personality Test Reports in Treatment Planning, James N. Butcher10. Treatment-Oriented MMPI/MMPI-2 Studies, Steven Vay Rouse, Jill Sullivan, Jeanette Taylor