Current Topics in Clinical and Community Psychology : Volume 2

Current Topics in Clinical and Community Psychology, Volume 2 covers the need of scientific work in the field of clinical and community psychology to the problems of modern society. The book discusses a new area of specialization - clinical neuropsychology; and the behavior deficits that result from brain damage in humans that may result from agents such as mind-altering drugs, alcohol, tranquilizers, and inadequate diet. The text also describes the sequential system for personality scale development; the prediction of violence with psychological tests; the relationship between depression and oral contraception. The quest for valid preventive interventions is also considered. Clinical psychologists, community psychologists, psychiatrists and students taking related courses will find the book useful. Content: Contributors Page ii Front Matter Page iii Copyright page Page iv List of Contributors Page vii Preface Pages ix-x Contents of Volume 1 Page xi Clinical Neuropsychology Pages 1-60 Oscar A. Parsons A Sequential System for Personality Scale Development Pages 61-96 Douglas N. Jackson The Prediction of Violence with Psychological Tests Pages 97-156 Edwin I. Megargee Depression and Oral Contraception Pages 157-182 Eugene E. Levitt, John E. Kooiker, James A. Norton The Quest for Valid Preventive Interventions Pages 183-207 James G. Kelly Author Index Pages 209-214 Subject Index Pages 215-217