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Guide to Psychological Assessment with African Americans

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Editors:
  1. Lorraine T. Benuto

    1. Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, USA

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  2. Brian D. Leany

    1. California Dept of Corrections and Rehab High Desert State Prison, California Correctional Health Care Serv, Susanville, USA

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  • First book devoted to psychological assessment of African Americans

  • Provides specific guidelines for working with African American clients

  • Includes up-to-date research on psychological tests used with African Americans

  • Counteracts fact that African Americans are underrepresented in the cultural sensitivity movement despite being one of the largest ethnocultural minority groups in the USA

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Conducting Assessments and Psychological Evaluations with African American Clients

    • Lorraine T. Benuto, Brian D. Leany
    Pages 1-7

  3. Cross-Cultural Considerations with African American Clients: A Perspective on Psychological Assessment

    • Tamara L. Brown, Ebony S. Vinson, Tahirah Abdullah
    Pages 9-18

  4. Structured and Semistructured Clinical Interviews Available for Use Among African American Clients: Cultural Considerations in the Diagnostic Interview Process

    • Davor Zink, Bern Lee, Daniel Allen
    Pages 19-42

  5. Assessing Personality Using Self-Report Measures with African American Clients

    • Jessica Urgelles
    Pages 43-62

  6. IQ Testing and the African American Client

    • Nicholas S. Thaler, April D. Thames, Xavier E. Cagigas, Marc A. Norman
    Pages 63-77

  7. Assessing Effort and Malingering with the African American Client

    • Lorraine T. Benuto, Brian D. Leany, Andrew Lee
    Pages 79-85

  8. Assessing Mood Disorders and Suicidality in African Americans

    • Alfiee M. Breland-Noble, Jason Sotomayor, F. Antoinette Burriss
    Pages 87-104

  9. Assessing the African American Child and Adolescent: Special Considerations and Assessment of Behavioral Disorders

    • Shawn C. T. Jones, Enrique W. Neblett, Ashly L. Gaskin, Daniel B. Lee
    Pages 105-120

  10. Assessment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic, and Phobias with African Americans

    • L. Kevin Chapman, Ryan C. T. DeLapp, Allyn Richards
    Pages 121-144

  11. Assessment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with African Americans

    • Monnica T. Williams, Chad T. Wetterneck, Broderick Sawyer
    Pages 145-161

  12. Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with African Americans

    • Monnica T. Williams, Emily Malcoun, Leyla Bahojb Nouri
    Pages 163-182

  13. Assessing Substance-Related Disorders in African Americans

    • Miesha Marzell, Brad Donohue, Travis Loughran
    Pages 183-194

  14. Assessing Eating Pathology in African Americans

    • Shanette M. Harris
    Pages 195-215

  15. Assessing for Personality Disorders in the African American Client

    • Allison Kalpakci, Carla Sharp
    Pages 217-236

  16. Screening for Cognitive Decline and Assessment of Dementia with African Americans

    • Lorraine T. Benuto, Cyndy G. Soto, Brian D. Leany
    Pages 237-246

  17. Assessing Psychosis in African American Clients

    • Adam J. Culbreth, Gregory P. Strauss
    Pages 247-259

  18. Assessing Somatoform Disorders with the African American Client

    • Samantha M. Behbahani, Robert M. Greenstone
    Pages 261-273

  19. School-based Assessment with African American Children and Adolescents

    • Tara C. Raines, Jennifer Twyford, Erin Dowdy
    Pages 275-287

  20. Neuropsychological Assessment with African American Clients

    • Brian D. Leany, Lorraine T. Benuto, Lindsay F. Morra
    Pages 289-304
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About this book

The movements toward cultural sensitivity and evidence-based practice are watershed developments in clinical psychology. As a population with a long history of substandard treatment from mental health systems, African Americans have especially benefitted from these improvements. But as with other racial and ethnic minorities, finding relevant test measures in most psychological domains presents clinicians with an ongoing challenge.

 

The Guide to Psychological Assessment with African Americans aims to close the evaluation/therapy gap by giving practitioners the tools to choose appropriate instruments while respecting client individuality. Expert contributors analyze scarce and far-flung data, identify strengths and limitations of measures and norms in their use with African-American clients, and advise on avoiding biases in interpreting results. The editors advocate for a theory-based hypothesis-testing approach to assessment when empirical evidence is lacking, and offer guidelines for decision-making that is effective as well as ethnically aware. The Guide's findings, insights, and practical information cover the gamut of test and diagnostic areas, including:

 

  • IQ and personality.
  • Generalized anxiety disorder, panic, and phobias.
  • Neuropsychological assessment, cognitive decline, and dementia.
  • Mood disorders and suicidality.
  • Forensic assessment, risk, and recidivism.
  • Measures specific to children and adolescents.
  • Plus PTSD, substance disorders, eating pathology, and more.

 

Expertly complementing cross-cultural treatment texts, the Guide to Psychological Assessment with African Americans stands out as a trustworthy resource for treatment planning useful to clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, and clinical social workers.

 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, USA

    Lorraine T. Benuto

  • California Dept of Corrections and Rehab High Desert State Prison, California Correctional Health Care Serv, Susanville, USA

    Brian D. Leany

About the editors

Lorraine Benuto received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and a post-doctoral scholar at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she provides treatment to victims of sexual assault, sexual abuse, and child physical abuse. She is project coordinator and therapist of the Victims of Crime Treatment Center at the University of Nevada, Reno. 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 and anxiety. 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 for Springer. Brian Leany is a licensed clinical psychologist in the states of Nevada and California. Dr. Leany received his masters and doctoral degrees in psychology at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, conducting research in the neuropsychological research lab. Here he studied neuropsychological assessment and disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and traumatic brain injury. Dr. Leany has written several chapters in the field of multicultural studies and diversity, and instructs graduate and undergraduate courses in these fields. Dr. Leany spent a year honing his skills in neuropsychological assessment with diverse populations at the University of Puerto Rico’s hospital. Here he worked in the pediatric department of neurology assessing individuals with multiple sclerosis and epilepsy, as well as pediatric neurodevelopmental disorders such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism, and mental retardation.

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