Front Cover

Front Cover

Current Topics in Clinical and Community Psychology

Current Topics in Clinical and Community Psychology

Copyright Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

List of Contributors

Preface

Preface

Contents of Volume 1

Contents of Volume 1

Chapter 1. Clinical Neuropsychology

Chapter 1. Clinical Neuropsychology

I. Clinical Neuropsychology: A New Discipline

I. Clinical Neuropsychology: A New Discipline

II. Psychodiagnosis in Clinical Neuropsychology

II. Psychodiagnosis in Clinical Neuropsychology

III. Lateralization and Localization of Neuropsychological Processes

III. Lateralization and Localization of Neuropsychological Processes

IV. General Effects

IV. General Effects

V. Prospects

V. Prospects

VI. Summary

VI. Summary

REFERENCES

REFERENCES

Chapter 2. A Sequential System for Personality Scale Development

Chapter 2. A Sequential System for Personality Scale Development

I. Some Principles of Personality Scale Construction

I. Some Principles of Personality Scale Construction

II. The Substantive Definition of Personality Scale Content

II. The Substantive Definition of Personality Scale Content

III. A Sequential Strategy in Scale Construction

III. A Sequential Strategy in Scale Construction

IV. The Appraisal of the Structural Component of Validity

IV. The Appraisal of the Structural Component of Validity

V. Evaluation of the External Component of Validity

V. Evaluation of the External Component of Validity

REFERENCES

REFERENCES

Chapter 3. The Prediction of Violence with Psychological Tests

Chapter 3. The Prediction of Violence with Psychological Tests

I. Problems in Research on the Nature and Prediction of Violence

I. Problems in Research on the Nature and Prediction of Violence

II. The Assessment of Violence with Structured Personality Inventories

II. The Assessment of Violence with Structured Personality Inventories

III. The Assessment of Violence with Projective Techniques

III. The Assessment of Violence with Projective Techniques

IV. Conclusions

IV. Conclusions

REFERENCES

REFERENCES

Chapter 4. Depression and Oral Contraception

Chapter 4. Depression and Oral Contraception

I. Introduction

I. Introduction

II. Experimental Design

II. Experimental Design

III. Results

III. Results

IV. On the Reliability of State Measures

IV. On the Reliability of State Measures

V. Comments by Pill Sample Subjects

V. Comments by Pill Sample Subjects

VI. Discussion

VI. Discussion

VII. Conclusion

VII. Conclusion

REFERENCES

REFERENCES

Chapter 5. The Quest for Valid Preventive Interventions

Chapter 5. The Quest for Valid Preventive Interventions

I. Introduction

I. Introduction

II. Three Methods for Preventive Interventions

II. Three Methods for Preventive Interventions

III. Conclusion

III. Conclusion

REFERENCES

REFERENCES

Author Index

Author Index

Subject Index

Subject Index