Guide to Psychological Assessment with Hispanics

1. Front Matter

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2. Guide to Psychological Assessment with Hispanics: An Introduction

   • Lorraine T. Benuto

   Pages 1-13

3. Bilingualism and Its Impact on Psychological Assessment

   • Antonio E. Puente, Davor Zink, Margie Hernandez, Tara Jackman-Venanzi, Alfredo Ardila

   Pages 15-31

4. The Assessment Interview: A Review of Structured and Semi-structured Clinical Interviews Available for Use Among Hispanic Clients

   • Joan Ignasi Mestre, Paola Clementina Rossi, Marta Torrens

   Pages 33-48

5. Using Projective Tests with Hispanic Clients

   • Orlando L. Pedrosa-Roche, Juan A. Nazario, Joy Lynn Suárez-Kindy

   Pages 49-55

6. Assessing Personality Using Self-Report Measures with Hispanic Clients

   • Maria Garrido, José J. Cabiya

   Pages 57-80

7. IQ Testing and the Hispanic Client

   • Nicholas S. Thaler, Sharon Jones-Forrester

   Pages 81-98

8. Assessing Effort and Malingering with the Hispanic Client

   • Lorraine T. Benuto, Brian D. Leany

   Pages 99-112

9. Assessing Mood Disorders and Suicidality in Hispanics

   • John S. Wiebe, John A. Sauceda, Carolina Lara

   Pages 113-127

10. Special Considerations When Assessing the Hispanic Adolescent: Examining Suicide Risk

    • Emilia Lucio-Gomez Maqueo, Paulina Arenas-Landgrave

    Pages 129-139

11. Assessing Suicidality with the Hispanic Adult

    • Dana M. Alonzo

    Pages 141-151

12. Assessment of Anxiety with Hispanics

    • Cassandra Snipes

    Pages 153-162

13. Assessing Substance-Related Disorders in Hispanic Clients

    • Lourdes Suarez-Morales, Danette Beitra

    Pages 163-181

14. Assessing Sexual Dysfunction in Hispanic Clients

    • Marta Meana, Taylor L. Oliver, Sarah C. Jones

    Pages 183-199

15. Assessing Eating Pathology in Hispanic Americans

    • Marisol Perez, Cortney S. Warren

    Pages 201-214

16. Assessing for Personality Disorders in the Hispanic Client

    • Saul G. Alamilla, James V. Wojcik

    Pages 215-241

17. Assessment of Dementia in the Hispanic Client: A Neuropsychological Perspective

    • Lorraine T. Benuto, Brian D. Leany

    Pages 243-262

18. Assessing Psychosis in Hispanics

    • Veronica Cardenas, Paula Helu, Denisse Tiznado, Jennifer Ho

    Pages 263-273

19. Assessing Sleep Disorders in the Hispanic Patient

    • Jose S. Loredo

    Pages 275-292

20. Assessing Somatoform Disorders with the Hispanic Client

    • Irene M. Bravo, Carmen S. Roca

    Pages 293-307

This book focuses on diversity, culture, and ethnicity as they relate to psychological assessment of Hispanics. It is a how-to guide for clinicians, researchers, and instructors working with Hispanic clients. Each chapter contains an overview of cultural considerations needed for assessing the Hispanic client followed by a specific exploration of the assessment measures available and the research that has been conducted on these measures with Hispanic participants. An exploration of the strengths and limitations of each assessment measure is included. Considering that ethnocultural minority individuals who are of Hispanic/Latino origin make up the largest ethnocultural minority group in the United States, guidelines for working with this population are a must. Given that a large subset of this percentage is composed of immigrants many of whom do not speak English or who have learned English as a second language, special considerations for effective psychological assessment are neccessary.This book fills a gap in the scientific literature by consolidating the research on psychological assessment with Hispanic samples into one comprehensive volume and providing simple recommendations for the psychological assessment of Hispanic clients. An exploration of the general psychological assessment domains (e.g., personality, intelligence) is included with references to research on the major assessment measures used in the field. A more specific exploration of psychodiagnostic assessment measures follows, including the assessment of mood disorders, anxiety disorders, sexual dysfunction, psychosis, etc. Several chapters are dedicated to specialized assessment, including neuropsychological assessment, forensic assessment, and school-based assessment, overall creating the most comprehensive, up-to-date, research-based compendium of psychological assessment measures for use with Hispanic clients.

• Assessments in Spanish
• Cultural competence
• Culture and psychological assessment
• Hispanic psychological assessment
• Latino psychological assessment
• Psychological assessment
• Psychological testing
• Psychology Spanish speaking
• Spanish-speaking testing

• , Department of Psychology, MS 0296, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, USA

  Lorraine T. Benuto

Lorraine T. Benuto received her doctoral degree in psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and she currently works at the University of Nevada, Reno as a clinical psychologist where she provides treatment to victims of sexual assault, sexual abuse, and child physical abuse. Dr. Benuto is also the associate director of the Nevada Caregiver Support Center where she works with individuals who have dementia and their families. Finally, Dr. Benuto chairs doctoral dissertations at Northcentral University. Dr. Benuto completed her APA-accredited internship at the VA in San Juan, Puerto Rico where she delivered psychological services to a culturally diverse clientele presenting with depression, anxiety, and dementia. Dr. Benuto has extensive experience delivering evidence-based treatments and conducting psychological assessments with the Latino population. She has delivered professional presentations at state, national, and international conferences on topics related to cultural competence and is co-editing Handbook of Adolescent Health Psychology, Guidelines to Psychological Assessment with African Americans, and Guidelines to Psychological Assessment with Asian Americans for Springer.

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