Interpretive Guide to the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory by James P. Choca

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This book is designed to help mental health professionals, particularly clinical psychologists, understand and interpret the third version of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-III). By way of a thorough review of the available literature, the first part of the book discusses design, development, and operating characteristics of the inventory along with the basics of personality style theory. The second part of this now classic volume provides a step-by-step method to interpret the MCMI-III, along with extensive case report examples. As presented in previous editions, this method is unique in its emphasis on the examinee's personality style rather than on automated interpretations or interpretive systems. The author stresses the practical applications of using the MCMI-III in conjunction with other psychological tests. The Interpretive Guide to the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, Third Edition is a definitive source for using the MCMI in assessment, treatment, and psychotherapy. It will be indispensable to therapists, researchers, and students who seek a comprehensive understanding of personality in clinical work.

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Reviewer: Gary B Kaniuk, Psy.D. (Cermak Health Services)
Description: This guide to the third version of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-III) covers both the psychometric properties of the instrument along with interpretation criteria.
Purpose: According to the author, "this edition of the Interpretive Guide has been updated with the material that has become available since the publication of the second edition. In response to feedback, this third edition covers the basics more carefully." Dr. Choca continues: "Throughout the book I have attempted to integrate Millon's theory, the MCMI, and the data that countless researchers have accumulated using this instrument." The book meets these worthy objectives.
Audience: According to the author, "this book was written to help students and professionals in the mental health fields, particularly psychologists, understand and interpret the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI)." The author is the director of doctoral studies in the School of Psychology at Roosevelt University in Chicago and has given many presentations on the MCMI. According to the foreword written by Theodore Millon, Dr. Choca "has remained one among a small group of early adherents who not only has followed the development of the test but also has continued to contribute to its further progress."
Features: Dr. Choca begins with a few chapters discussing the design, development, and operating characteristics of the MCMI. The overview of the test, personality theory, and psychometric properties in the first part is nicely written and gives an honest assessment of the instrument, both its strengths and weaknesses. The second part covers interpretation thoroughly, but there are certain chapters that stand out such as chapter 8, which shows the relationship between the MCMI and other psychological instruments, and chapter 11 that provides wonderful case reports (four in all), integrating other personality tests such as the Rorschach and the Thematic Apperception Test with the MCMI.
Assessment: I really enjoyed this book because it contains everything one wants to know about the MCMI. Dr. Choca, has worked many years with Dr. Millon in contributing to the development of this instrument. He seems to give fair treatment to both the strengths and weaknesses of the MCMI (and to Millon's personality theory). It is easy to read and it is a book which can stand on its own because it contains all the basics. The MCMI is one of the main objective personality inventories in the field so this is an invaluable resource to psychometricians.

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Product Details

• ISBN: 1591470404
  
• ISBN-13: 9781591470403
• Format: Textbook Hardcover, 416pp
• Publisher: American Psychological Association
• Pub. Date: May 2004
• Edition Number: 3
• Sales Rank: 121,454

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