Psychology Subject Guide

Handbooks, Manuals, and Annual Reviews

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In the field of psychology and its related areas, statistical, descriptive, and critical handbooks and manuals are heavily utilized. These works contain a wide assortment of useful tables, recent research, tests, techniques, definitions, measures, and other factual data. A yearbook or an annual review usually has specialized chapters and research literature on key topics in the field with the topics changing each year or updated. A printed handout on general statistical handbook titles can be obtained at Central Reference, Waldo Library. Many online statistical sources can also be located through the Libraries' site.
As with dictionaries and encyclopedias, there are many specialized manuals and handbooks for different psychological interests. To locate, use a subject search in WestCat with the official heading followed by the words Handbooks, Manuals, etc.

Annual Review of Psychology

Since 1996, (and eventually the full archive), this "most cited title" is available online in full text. Waldo also holds print copies, dating back to 1950, found under BF30 .A56 Ref. with some years also found in the General Stacks. This work reviews significant topics in psychology; 20 plus essays appear in each volume. Each chapter, prepared by an authority, describes the influential research and the literature of that psychological topic. Includes extensive bibliographies. The 55th volume (2004) reviews 25 topics; among them are brain imaging, sleep, memory, substance abuse disorders, gender, social influence, and survey methodology.

Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment

BF176.C654 2004 (General Stacks)
Covers, in 4 volumes: (1) intellectual and neuropsychological assessment, (2) personality assessment, (3) behavioral assessment, and (4) industrial and organizational assessment. The text describes test development and psychometrics, clinical applications, ethical and legal concerns, use with diverse populations, computerization, and the latest research. "Clinicians and researchers who use these instruments will find these volumes invaluable, as they contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available on assessment" (Quoted from Books in Print annotation.)

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV

RC455.2 .C4 D54 1994 (General Stacks, Reserve, and Education Library)
Originally published in 1952 with updates in 1968 and 1980, the 4th edition is, as earlier ones, the standard reference for the classification of mental disorders. There are 16 disorder types (e.g., delusional, mood, sexual, sleep) plus chapters on the use, classification, multiaxial assessment, other conditions and codes. Entries provide diagnostic features; subtypes; associated features and disorders; culture, age, and gender features; prevalence, familial patterns; differential diagnosis; and a focus box of "diagnostic criteria." Multiple appendices include decision trees to allow one to work through the behavioral symptoms to make a diagnosis. Also includes a glossary, list of changes, and other data. Index. Many additional training tools and guides are also available in Waldo.

DSM-IV-TR

RC455.2 .C4 D536 2000 (Waldo Lib. Sci. Ref., Waldo Lib. Gen. Stacks, Waldo Lib. Perm. Reserve, Ed. Lib. Ref.)
Comprehensive update and "text revision," based on a thorough review of the literature, of DSM-IV (see description above) published in 1994. Absolutely "the" most essential tool for anyone who works with mental disorders.

Handbook of Applied Psychology

BF636 .E52x 2004 (Ref.)
A 3 volume set that provides information for the researcher and practitioner on the application of psychology in areas such as education, clinical, cognitive, environmental, family, sports, and more. Each topic includes a general definition, brief review of theories, and areas of application.

Handbook of Behavior Therapy in the Psychiatric Setting

RC489 .B4 H344 1993 (General Stacks)
Basic manual for the behavior therapy practice in the clinical or hospital setting. Divided into four sections: I. General Issues, II. Treatment of Adult Disorders, III. Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Disorders, and IV. Family Problems. Chapter references, tables and other illustrations, index.

Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Therapists

RC483 .P737 2005 (General Stacks)
The 4th edition of this excellent handbook provides "information on the effects, side effects, and best uses of of psychoactive medications" (Publisher's description). Includes information on how medicines are used to treat psychological disorders after diagnosis, the criteria for evaluating patient reactions to drug treatments, and the use of prescription drugs for children.

Handbook of International Psychology

BF121 .H2115 2004 (Ref)
Examines the status of the psychology profession in selected regions from Africa, Asia, Eastern and Western Europe, Middle East, Pacific Rim, and the Americas. Covers the history, methodology, education, and future outlook of the discipline of psychology in each region.

Handbook of Psychology (Irving B. Weiner, ed)

BF121 .H1955 2003, Central Reference
"Unlike an encyclopedia, the volumes in this set can stand alone as state-of-the-field handbooks. Together they cover both the science and the practice of psychology broadly and in depth" [quoted from Library Journal review]. Current references included with highly readable text. Covers history, research, content areas, and applied psychology in 12 volumes.
Selected volumes are also available online through NetLibrary.

Handbook of Psychiatry

RC456 .H36 1990 (Ref)
General guide to psychiatry divided into 5 parts: (1) Evaluation and diagnosis, (2) psychiatric disorders, (3) pharmocotherapy, (4) psychotherapies, and (5) special topics including forensic psychiatry, abuse, etc. Provides the basic "need to know" data for residents and fellows in training. Concise, often tabular data for all aspects of psychiatric care from assessment to psychotherapies. Index.

Handbook of Psychological Assessment

BF176 .G76 2003
A n 824 page overview of clinical assessment covering behavioral assessment, the Wechsler Intelligence and Memory Scales, the MMPI, the Millon Clinical Multiaxial and California Psychological Inventories, the Rorschach, the Thematic Apperception Test, how to screen and assess for neuropsychological impairment, brief instruments for treatment and outcome assessment, psychological assessment and treatment planning, and the psychological report. Includes references, and an author and subject index.

Harvard Guide to Psychiatry

RC454 .N47 (Ref)
Third edition, published in 1999, of outstanding handbook cum encyclopedia of field. Divided into 6 parts that include separate chapters: Examination and Evaluation (e.g., therapist-patient relationship, use of tests, DSM-IV,); Brain and Behavior (e.g., neurobiology, sleep disorders); Psychopathology (11 chapters on, among others, theories of personality and specific kinds of disorders); Principles of Treatment and Management (e.g., psychotherapies, sex therapy, electroconvulsive therapy, hypnosis); Special Populations (e.g. child, mentally retarded, death confrontation); and Psychiatry and Society (e.g., race and culture, ethical issues, psychiatry and the law). Detailed index and good references.

International Handbook of Cognitive and Behavioural Treatments for Psychological Disorders

RC489 .C63 I58 1998 (General Stacks)
Twenty-two chapters with author and subject indexes on, for example, phobias, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders, gambling, unipolar depression, delusions and hallucinations, etc. Provides range of structure programs for disorders. References, tables, British orientation.

International Handbook of Psychology

BF77 .I62 1987
An international assessment that reviews development, evolution, and influences of psychology in 29 countries. Research institutes, education requirements, and the reference literature of the country under consideration are described. Name and subject indexes. However, volume is over a decade old.

Mental Measurements Yearbook 

Contains overviews, descriptions and one or more reviews of many English-language standardized tests of educational skills, personality, psychological traits, and related areas. Entries also give references to the print edition (s).
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Review of Behavior Therapy

RC489 .B4 A56 (Ref)
Published first in 1973 as the Annual Review of Behavior Therapy, this work includes essays on research methodologies in behavior therapy, treatment of anxiety disorders and addictions, and other behavioral approaches. General areas were updated in the first 10 volumes with only one volume (1987) available under the new title.

Stevens' Handbook of Experimental Psychology

BF181 .H336 2002 (Ref)
This acclaimed and definitive 3rd edition of a classic 1951 work has been updated and expanded from 2 to 4 volumes. Each volume is composed of chapters that cover in Vol. 1: Sensation and Perceptions; Vol. 2: Memory & Cognitive Processes; Vol. 3: Learning, Motivation, and Emotion; and Vol. 4: Methodology in Experimental Psychology. Based on the latest research findings and most recent contributions to the field by an international cohort of experts. Every chapter includes references and each volume has an author and subject index.

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