title: Paul Lerner and the heart of assessment: discussion of articles by Handler, Finn, Leichtman, Husain, and Smith.
abstract: This Special Series celebrates the work of late Paul Lerner, a lion of the Rorschach (Rorschach, 1921) and personality assessment. I review and discuss the original articles of Smith (2009/this issue), Handler (2009/this issue), Finn (2009/this issue), Leichtman (2009/this issue), and Husain (2009/this issue) prepared for this Special Series. In each case, I give a brief summary of these articles and then collaboratively attempt to expand on their meaning and implications. I am grateful to these authors for their inspired contributions.
authors.affiliation: Northern Rockies Center for Forensic & Therapeutic Assessment, Bozeman, Montana, USA. fbevans3@gmail.com
authors.forename: F Barton
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations