title: Clinical assessment.
abstract: Are clinical psychologists' assessment practices cost-effective? Are they scientifically sound? Are they fair and unbiased? Financial pressures from managed care interests, recent developments in the law, and multicultural issues are forcing the profession to confront these hard questions regarding accountability. Our review discusses the important changes that have begun to alter the field of personality assessment and describes recent research on clinical judgment and its implications for the future. We conclude that clinical psychology can adapt to future conditions by developing assessment strategies that are economical, scientifically sound, and culturally sensitive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA. jawood@utep.edu
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Howard N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Garb
authors.forename: Scott O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Lilienfeld
authors.forename: M Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Nezworski
mesh_terms: D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003657:Decision Making; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D011581:Psychological Tests