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Two years after the IDS Scales had gone for sale we decided to ask their users about their opinions concerning the test. These opinions were supposed to be used 1) to improve further the tool itself by adapting it to the users' needs, and 2) in the adaptation research of the new version of the IDS (IDS-2) designed for children and youngsters aged 5-20 years.

The questionnaire consists of 75 statements which respondent handles using a 4-grades scale. The items are selected to reflect basic symptoms related to decreasing mood such as energy loss, anhedonia, suicidal thoughts, pessimism and guilt-feeling.

Intelligence and Development Scales for Children Aged 5-10 have been available on our offer since spring 2013 and became very popular in Poland over that period. Interest in the IDS interpretation training equaled that in the tool itself. For the two and a half years we have been able to train about 900 people: both those participating in the training sessions organized by the Laboratory and those who invited the Laboratory staff to carry out training for them at their companies or institutions.

MMPI-2 is the personality test most commonly used in the United States and all over the world. It is used in psychological counselling, medical institutions, re-socialization programs, as well as in courts as exhibit material. In addition, MMPI-2 is widely used in the selection procedures for the jobs where confidence and public security are involved.

MMPI-2 5th edition: Personality and Psychopathology Assessment describes how to use the whole potential of MMPI-2 effciently and explains the precise ways of interpretating test scores. This updated and enlarged edition features precise and detailed instructions for test administration and scores calculation in MMPI-2 as well as explains the use of MMPI-2 in groups as diverse as the elderly, the ill, ethnic minorities or prisoners. It provides tips on how to interpret the control, clinical, content and additional scales, while illustrating these issues with examples and case studies. The book also describes the Restructured Clinical Scales (RC), which help to make more detailed and nuanced the interpretation of the original clinical scales, as well as Five Scales of Personality Psychopathologii (PSY-5) which assess principal dimensions of both healthy and disordered personality.

New in this edition:

• Chapter featuring detailed description of the development and application of the most recent version of the test: MMPI-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF)
• Chapter devoted to the MMPI version for adolescents is re-introduced in this edition, featuring recent research reports and recommendations concerning interpretation

MMPI-2 5th edition: Personality and Psychpathology Assessment is ideal for students of psychological assessment and indispensable for researchers and clinicians working in the field of psychological assessment.

MMPI-2 5th edition: Personality and Psychpathology Assessment will be available in a few weeks!