Psychodiagnostics

Psychodiagnostics

Psychodiagnostics is an important area of work of psychologists and educationalists. The clinical or health care psychologist tries to find out what the patient or client is suffering from. It is not so easy to come to a clear diagnosis, because different factors often play a role here. For wellfounded diagnostics, psychologists and educationalists can use interviews and psychological tests. Eventually, the information collected through these interviews and tests have to be combined in order to reach a final decision. The goal is to create a starting point for advice and treatment.

As psychodiagnostics is a complex part of the profession, it is important to adequately prepare students for this, during their courses.

The aim of this book is to sensitize readers to a wide range of psychodiagnostics tools and to provide them with resources upon which
they can rely to learn and understand the content to deal responsibly in their professional life. The goals are to provide a foundation for the subject. The book is aimed primarily at those who are studying psychology at post graduate level either regular or by distance learning mode. However, it is also a useful starting point for students learning the subject for the first time at degree level or other courses.