Assessing Adolescents with the MACI
by Joseph T. McCann
Published by Wiley, 1999
238 pages, hardbound
ISBN 0471326194
FROM THE BOOK JACKET:
Assessing Adolescents with the MACI is an interpretive guide for
using the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory--the most widely used personality
assessment test for adolescents. The first book devoted exclusively to the MACI,
this resource will prove a helpful guide for understanding the test,
interpreting the results in clinical evaluation, and making appropriate
recommendations for treatment and care management.
Unlike other assessment tests developed for adults and adapted
for adolescents, the MACI was created to address the unique concerns, pressures,
and situations of adolescents. The MACI is also constructed using an underlying
theory of personality and psychopathology. The MACI is a 160-item, 31-scale self
report inventory that was designed to assess personality styles, significant
problems or concerns, and clinical symptoms in adolescents. Using a true false
format, the MACI surveys a wide range of personality characteristics and
clinical symptoms that tend to be a focus in psychological evaluations of
teenagers that wither have or are suspected of having emotional or behavioral
difficulties.
While multi-scale personality inventories such as the MACI are
useful for improving the clinician's understanding of an adolescent's
personality and clinical symptoms, there are other reasons for using such
instruments. The MACI can be used to formulate diagnostic hypotheses, formulate
treatment plans, or assist in decision making surrounding care management and
disposition planning. The MACI can be used as an outcome measure to evaluate
changes in an adolescent's functioning as a result of treatment intervention. Of
course, the MACI can also be used in research studies to investigate a range of
issues that pertain to adolescent psychopathology, personality, and treatment
response.
Drawing on a broad range of sources, including data in the MACI
manual, published research studies, unpublished research, theoretical
literature, and his own experience with the test, Joseph McCann lays the
groundwork for the basis of the test and then offers an exhaustive exploration
of all facets of the test. Recognizing both the strengths and weaknesses of the
MACI, McCann offers a balanced and comprehensive resource on this vital tool.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1
Basic Issues and Theoretical Foundations
Chapter 2
Development of the MACI
Chapter 3
Profile Features and Psychometric Characteristics
Chapter 4
Assessing Profile Validity
Chapter 5
Personality Pattern Scales
Chapter 6
Expressed Concerns Scales
Chapter 7
Clinical Syndromes Scales
Chapter 8
Integrating the MACI profile
Chapter 9
Special Diagnostic and Assessment Issues
Chapter 10
Clinical Applications
Chapter 11
Treatment Planning with the MACI
References
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Joseph T. McCann, PsyD, JD, is a psychologist and attorney in
Binghamton, New York, whose clinical and forensic practice encompasses a range
of criminal, civil, and family court matters. His numerous publications are in
the area of personality assessment and forensic psychology. A Fellow of the
Society for Personality Assessment and Diplomate of the American Board of
Forensic Examiners, Dr. McCann is frequently called upon as an expert witness.
He also serves as a consultant examiner for the New York State Office of
Professional Discipline and is on the staff of the Binghamton Psychiatric
Center's Children and Youth Mobile Mental Health Team.
 
 |
