Psychological Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders

“This book offers an exemplary overview of the options available to help identify bipolar spectrum disorders. Highly recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.” -CHOICE, American Library Association

“Kleiger, Weiner, and the other experts contributing to Psychological Assessment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders offer a scholarly, contemporary, and highly practical guide to understanding the primary tools for assessing the bipolar spectrum of conditions and for using those tools in an integrated multimethod assessment to facilitate differential diagnosis. The multiple case illustrations help to make this an excellent resource for clinical assessors at all stages of their career.” - Gregory J. Meyer, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States

“Drs. Kleiger and Weiner have gathered a stellar team of scholars in psychological assessment to share their expert knowledge on the diagnosis of bipolar spectrum disorders. Although bipolar disorders have been studied for more than a century, they are often misdiagnosed, resulting in less-than-optimal treatment outcomes. This book sensitizes students as well as novice and experienced clinicians to the differential diagnosis, comorbidity, and multicultural aspects of bipolar disorders while advocating a multimethod approach to psychological assessment.” - Corine de Ruiter, PhD, Professor of Forensic Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands<.i>.

James H. Kleiger, PsyD, ABPP, ABAP, is a diplomate in clinical and assessment psychology and Fellow in the Society for Personality Assessment. Dr. Kleiger is a practicing psychologist and psychoanalyst in Bethesda, MD. He is past President of the Baltimore Washington Society for Psychoanalysis and previously the Director of the Postdoctoral Psychology Training Program at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, KS. He is the author of Disordered Thinking and The Rorschach, Assessing Psychosis: A Clinician’s Guide, Rorschach Assessment of Psychotic Phenomena, Psychological Assessment of Disordered Thinking and Perception, and the historical fiction The 11th Inkblot.

Irving B. Weiner, PhD, ABBP, is a retired Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at the University of South Florida and Past President of the Clinical Division of the American Psychological Association (APA). He is a Fellow of APA and the Association for Psychological Science, a Diplomat of the American board of Professional Psychology in both Clinical and Forensic Psychology, and previously a licensed psychologist in the practice of clinical and forensic psychology. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including Psychological Assessment of Disordered Thinking and Perception, and is Editor-in-Chief of the 12-volume Handbook of Psychology.