Psychological assessment is practiced in wide-ranging settings to address the varied clinical and administrative needs of veteran populations. Such assessment blends record review, clinical interviews of the veteran and collateral sources of information, behavioral observations, and psychological testing. This book promotes the care and well-being of veterans by bringing together knowledgeable and experienced psychologists to discuss a range of psychological assessment methods and procedures. It aims to help patients and their families, healthcare providers, and concerned citizens gain an improved understanding of veterans' cognitive functioning, emotional states, personality traits, behavioral patterns, and daily functioning. The book begins with a history of the psychological assessment of veterans and investigates its efficacy in different settings, including outpatient mental health, long-term care, primary care, home-based primary care, and telemental health. Later chapters address assessment of a variety of disorders or presenting problems, including substance use disorders, psychotic disorders, mood disorders and suicidal thoughts and behavior, PTSD and other anxiety disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, dementia, pain and pain-related disorders, and polytrauma. The book concludes with important special considerations, including assessment of symptom and performance validity, assessment of homeless veterans and health-related quality of life, and ethical, legal, and professional issues. Psychological Assessment of Veterans provides an essential reference and guide for clinical psychologists, including those working in the subspecialties, and psychology trainees who work with veterans.

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PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF VETERANS ; Edited by Shane S. Bush ; TABLE OF CONTENTS ; FOREWORD ; Patrick H. DeLeon, Ph.D. ; Paul C. Lewis, Ph.D., FNP-BC ; PREFACE ; Shane S. Bush, Ph.D., ABPP ; PART I ; 1. History of Psychological Assessment of Veterans ; Rodney R. Baker, Ph.D. ; PART II Contexts ; 2. Psychological Assessment of Veterans in Outpatient Mental Health Settings ; Nathaniel W. Nelson, Ph.D., ABPP ; Carolyn R. Anderson, Ph.D. ; James B. Hoelzle, Ph.D. ; Paul A. Arbisi, Ph.D., ABPP, ABAP ; 3. Psychological Assessment of Veterans in Long-Term Care ; Michael L. Drexler, Ph.D. ; 4. Psychological Assessment of Veterans in Primary Care-Mental Health Integration Contexts ; Lisa K. Kearney, Ph.D., ABPP ; Laura O. Wray, Ph.D. ; Katherine M. Dollar, Ph.D. ; Paul R. King, Ph.D. ; Christina L. Vair, Ph.D. ; 5. Psychological Assessment of Veterans in Home Based Primary Care ; B. Heath Gordon, Ph.D. ; Michele J. Karel, Ph.D. ; 6. Assessment via Telemental Health Technology ; Matthew S. Yoder, Ph.D. ; Travis H. Turner, Ph.D. ; PART III Disorders ; 7. Psychological Assessment of Veterans with Substance Use Disorders ; Dominick DePhilippis, Ph.D. ; Jessica D. Goodman, Ph.D. ; James R. McKay, Ph.D. ; 8. Schizophrenia Spectrum Psychotic Disorders: General Considerations ; Daniel N. Allen, Ph.D. ; Gerald Goldstein, Ph.D. ; 9. Schizophrenia Spectrum Psychotic Disorders: Test Measures and Procedures ; Daniel N. Allen, Ph.D. ; Gerald Goldstein, Ph.D. ; 10. Assessment of Mood Disorders and Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior in Veterans ; Beeta Y. Homaifar, Ph.D. ; Jennifer Olson-Madden, Ph.D. ; Bridget Matarazzo, Psy.D. ; Lisa A. Brenner, Ph.D., ABPP ; 11. Psychological Assessment of Veterans with PTSD and Other Anxiety Disorders ; Christy A. Blevins ; Daniel J. Lee ; Frank W. Weathers, Ph.D. ; 12. Beyond Diagnosis: Assessment of ADHD among Military Veterans ; Mark A. Sandberg, Ph.D., ABPP ; Susan R. Green, Psy.D., ABPP ; 13. Assessment of Psychological Symptoms in Persons with Dementia ; Sandra Zinn, Ph.D. ; 14. The Psychological Assessment of Veterans with Pain and Pain-Related Disorders ; John D. Otis, Ph.D. ; Andrea Levine, M.S. ; Diana Higgins, Ph.D. ; 15. The Psychological Assessment of Veterans with History of Polytrauma ; John Linck, Ph.D., ABPP ; Jared Benge, Ph.D., ABPP ; PART IV Special considerations ; 16. Assessment of Symptom and Performance Validity in Veterans ; Shane S. Bush, Ph.D., ABPP ; 17. Psychosocial Assessment of Homeless Veterans ; Anne S. Klee, Ph.D. ; Howard R. Steinberg, Ph.D. ; 18. Health-related Quality of Life among Veterans ; S. Marc Testa, Ph.D. ; 19. Ethical, Legal, and Professional Considerations in the Psychological Assessment of Veterans ; Shane S. Bush, Ph.D., ABPP ; AFTERWORD ; Bradley Karlin, Ph.D.