Psychological Reports: A Guide to Report Writing in Professional Psychology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0884220192 ISBN 13: 9780884220190

Publisher: Clinical Psychology Pub Co

Synopsis

Book by Ownby, Raymond L.

About this title

From the Publisher

The revised edition of this well-established text/reference provides a step-by-step model for creating detailed and professional summaries of psychological assessments. This model helps readers decide the best way of organizing their reports depending on the setting in which they work. A review of how to tailor reports for use in specific contexts and across psychological specialties is included. Updated to correspond with changes in the DSM-IV, the text includes supplementary appendices with sample reports.

From the Back Cover

Provides a systematic approach to writing psychological reports for optimal clarity, thoroughness, and impact

A clinical report should have all the clarity and precision of a military dispatch. Unfortunately, as anyone who deals with psychological reports knows, this is almost never the case. Extensive research has shown that with most psychologist's reports, there is a dangerously wide gap between author intent and reader interpretation. Since the quality of clinical reports can have a direct bearing on the quality of care a client receives —especially in an age of managed care —it is essential that psychologists arm themselves with a systematic approach to creating reports that in structure, content, and style have the utmost clarity, thoroughness, and utility. Psychological Reports, Third Edition, provides them with such an approach.

The book begins with a theory-based analysis of report-writing problems, which is then used to construct a framework for identifying and correcting them. A valuable working resource for practicing psychologists and psychotherapists, Psychological Reports, Third Edition, is also must reading for students and psychologists-in-training.

A complete guide to writing effective reports for a variety of contexts

• Updated to correspond to recent changes in the DSM-IV
• Includes practice exercises that help readers build report-writing skills
• Features sample reports representing a wide range of applications.

Edition details

• Publisher: Clinical Psychology Pub Co
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0884220192
• ISBN 13: 9780884220190
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2