From leading authorities, this book presents evidence-based strategies for using multimethod assessment to enhance clinical practice. The volume is organized around key assessment targets in the areas of personality, psychopathology, and clinical management (for example, treatment planning and progress monitoring). Each chapter presents multiple methods that are particularly useful for assessing the issue at hand, provides a framework for using these methods together, and reviews the empirical data supporting their integration. Illustrative case examples clarify the approaches described and show how incorporating assessment into treatment can strengthen the therapeutic relationship.

Introduction to Multimethod Clinical Assessment, Robert F. Bornstein and Christopher J. Hopwood I. Personality and Individual Differences 1. Multimethod Assessment of Traits, Janine Galione and Thomas F. Oltmanns 2. Multimethod Assessment of Interpersonal Dynamics, Aaron L. Pincus, Pamela Sadler, Erik Woody, Michael J. Roche, Katherine M. Thomas, and Aidan G. C. Wright 3. Multimethod Assessment of Affective Processes, Rachel L. Tomko and Timothy J. Trull 4. Multimethod Assessment of Existential Concerns: A Terror Management Perspective, Spee Kosloff, Molly Maxfield, and Sheldon Solomon 5. Mulitmethod Assessment of Implicit and Explicit Processes, Alex Cogswell and Natalie Emmert II. Psychopathology and Resilience 6. Multimethod Assessment of Anxiety: Integrating Data from Subjective Experience, Cognitive Performance, and Neurophysiological Measures, Jason S. Moser, Amy Przeworski, Hans S. Schroder, and Kimberly Marie Dunbeck 7. Multimethod Assessment of the Adult Externalizing Spectrum: Disorders of Antisocial Behavior and Substance Abuse, Daniel M. Blonigen and Amy Wytiaz 8. Clinical Assessment of Thought Quality: A Multimethod Approach, Mark A. Blais and Iruma Bello 9. Multimethod Assessment of Resilience: Integration with an Individual-Differences Model, Christy A. Denckla and Anthony D. Mancini III. Clinical Management 10. Multimethod Assessment and Treatment Planning, Joni L. Mihura and Robert A. Graceffo 11. Psychotherapy Progress and Process Assessment, A. Pascual-Leone, Terence Singh, Shawn Harrington, and Nikita Yeryomenko 12. Multimethod Assessment of Distortion: Integrating Data from Interviews, Collateral Records, and Standardized Assessment Tools, Danielle Burchett and R. Michael Bagby 13. Multimethod Risk Assessment, Michael L. Stanfill, Suzanne O'Brien, and Donald J. Viglione, Jr. 14. Integration and Therapeutic Presentation of Multimethod Assessment Results: An Empirically Supported Framework and Case Example, Justin D. Smith and Stephen E. Finn Conclusion: Toward a Framework for Integrating Multimethod Clinical Assessment Data, Christopher J. Hopwood and Robert F. Bornstein