Current Topics in Clinical and Community Psychology

List of Contributors

Preface

Contents of Volume 1

Clinical Neuropsychology

I. Clinical Neuropsychology: A New Discipline

II. Psychodiagnosis in Clinical Neuropsychology

III. Lateralization and Localization of Neuropsychological Processes

IV. General Effects

V. Prospects

VI. Summary

References

A Sequential System for Personality Scale Development

I. Some Principles of Personality Scale Construction

II. The Substantive Definition of Personality Scale Content

III. A Sequential Strategy in Scale Construction

IV. The Appraisal of the Structural Component of Validity

V. Evaluation of the External Component of Validity

References

The Prediction of Violence with Psychological Tests

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

II. The Assessment of Violence with Structured Personality Inventories

III. The Assessment of Violence with Projective Techniques

IV. Conclusions

References

Depression and Oral Contraception

I. Introduction

II. Experimental Design

III. Results

IV. On the Reliability of State Measures

V. Comments by Pill Sample Subjects

VI. Discussion

VII. Conclusion

References

The Quest for Valid Preventive Interventions

I. Introduction

II. Three Methods for Preventive Interventions

III. Conclusions

References

Author Index

Subject Index