Unfortunately, as anyone who deals with psychological reports knows, this is almost never the case.

In eleven chapters, this book orients the reader the concepts and practices of psychological report writing.

Key features include: A composition screen with links to resources to facilitate report writing Sample reports with links to guidelines on how to write sections of the report A comprehensive menu of treatment recommendations Search function ...

" "This text examines relevant mental health state legislation relating to criminal, civil and family courts and then sets out a logical structure for writing reports for such matters.

This new second edition brings the same refreshing matter-of-fact guidance that made the first edition so popular with both students and professionals.

[The thesaurus] is "organized to help you, first, collect the client information you need; second, find the most precise terms to express your findings; and, third, structure those findings into a high-quality report." (1).

This book uniquely: •Shows the critical differences between forensic psychological reports and the clinical reports psychologists and psychiatrists are accustomed to writing •Includes and explains important maxims of forensic report ...

New to This Edition *A list of all psychiatric ICD-10 diagnoses (all of the codes in DSM-5, plus many more), including Z codes essential to a comprehensive biopsychosocial evaluation. *Sample evaluation report keyed to the book's chapters. ...