Assessing Psychosis: A Clinician’s Guide

This second edition of Assessing Psychosis: A Clinician’s Guide offers both a practical guide and rich clinical resource for a broad audience of mental health practitioners seeking to sharpen their understanding of diagnostic issues, clinical concepts, and assessment methods that aid in detecting the presence of psychotic phenomena. Case vignettes deepen clinical understanding, and all chapters include a summary of practical clinical guidelines. This new edition includes two new chapters and updated diagnostic criteria considering the new DSM-5-TR. Practicing psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and students will find this a valuable resource for clinical practice, training, and teaching purposes.

, is board-certified in assessment psychology and holds the rank of professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He teaches clinical and forensic psychological assessment and provides training workshops nationally and internationally.

Dr. James H. Kleiger, is board-certified in clinical and forensic psychology. He received his psychoanalytic training at The Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis in 1997. He provides training workshops nationally and internationally and is the author and editor of six professional books and two novels.

Dr. Gary Brucato, is a clinical and forensic psychologist, researcher, and author in the areas of psychotic illness and other severe mental illnesses, as well as violence, including serial, spree, mass murder, and sexual offenses. He has co-authored two books and nearly 100 book chapters and peer-reviewed articles on psychotic illness and violence, given over 350 professional presentations on these subjects; and been highly active as a consultant on cases and in the media.

Mark D. Cunningham, Ph.D., ABPP is a board-certified clinical and forensic psychologist, researcher, and prolific scholar. His practice is national in scope. Dr. Cunningham has authored more than 70 publications and provided innumerable scholarly symposiums at regional and national conferences.