1st Edition

The Wechsler Memory Scale A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers

By Phillip Kent Copyright 2020
220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

The Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS) is one of the most popular memory scales in the United States and much of the English-speaking world. This is the first book to systematically trace the evolution of the instrument in terms of its content and structure, whilst providing a guide to clinical interpretation and discussing its many research uses. The Wechsler Memory Scale: A Guide for Clinicians... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1: Methodology

Chapter 2: A history of the origins and evolution of Wechsler’s memory scales

Chapter 3: The evolution of the core subtests

Chapter 4: Selected factor analytic studies of the Wechsler Memory Scales: Recurrent themes

Chapter 5: Clinical and research uses of the Wechsler Memory Scales

Chapter 6: Clinical interpretation of the Wechsler Memory Scales

Chapter 7: Afterword: Glancing back and looking ahead to the Wechsler Memory Scale-V

References

Biography

Phillip L. Kent, PsyD, spent over 40 years practicing in the field of psychology. He has worked in schools, public state psychiatric hospitals, mental health centres, nursing homes, and private practice. He holds five graduate degrees in general experimental psychology, clinical psychology, school psychology, and gerontological studies, and is a diplomate with the American Board of Professional Neuropsychology with added qualifications in geriatric neuropsychology.

"Kent provides a careful and comprehensive history of the development of the Wechsler Memory Scale. The clinical sections regarding memory difficulties associated with various forms of neuropsychopathology and the discussion of the clinical interpretation of the scale are unique and very valuable. There is a real need for this book." - Arthur MacNeill Horton Jr, Chief, Neuropsychology Section, Psych Associates of Maryland, Towson, Maryland, USA.