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MARVIN W. ACKLIN, PhD, ABPP, ABAP is a clinical and forensic psychologist practicing in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Dr. Acklin specializes in psychological evaluation and treatment of children, adolescents, and adults. He is an experienced psychotherapist working with individuals, couples, and families. He consults with various private and public agencies. He serves as a forensic consultant and expert witness in civil and criminal matters and has been qualified as an expert in a variety of areas in Hawai'i state, federal military, and immigration Courts. He is an experienced child custody evaluator. Dr. Acklin is on the teaching faculty, Department of Psychiatry, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i, and the Department of Psychiatry, Tripler Army Medical Center. Dr. Acklin has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles and several book chapters in the area of psychological evaluation. Dr. Acklin is a Diplomate in Clinical, Assessment, and Forensic Psychology (American Board of Professional Psychology, American Board of Forensic Psychology, and American Board of Assessment Psychology) and fellow of the American Psychological Association (Divisions of Clinical Psychology and Independent Practice), Society for Personality Assessment, and Academy of Clincal Psychology. He is listed with the National Register of Health Care Providers in Psychology.

Co-Director, Pacific Forensic Associates, Inc.
Pacific Forensic Associates Inc. provides professional and comprehensive forensic risk assessment services utilizing state-of-the-art technology, behavioral science, and actuarial instruments. Pacific Forensic Associates Inc. specializes in all aspects of risk assessment and consultation.


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Publications for download

Book Chapters

Statistical Power and the Rorschach: 1975-1991

The Rorschach Test and Forensic Psychological Evaluation: Psychosis and the Insanity Defense

Contributions of Cognitive Science to the Rorschach Technique: Cognitive and Neuropsychological Correlates of the Response Process

The Use of the Rorschach Inkblot Method in Trial Competency Evaluations

 

Journal Articles

Behavioral Science Foundations of the Rorschach Test: Research and Clinical Applications

Forensic Psychodiagnostic Testing

Early Memories as Expressions of Relationship Paradigms: A Preliminary Investigation

Quantifying Consensus: The Competency to Stand Trial Evaluation as Interrater Agreement Trial

Rorschach Assessment of Personality Disorders: Applied Clinical Science and Psychoanalytic Theory

Interobserver Agreement, Intraobserver Reliability, and the Rorschach Comprehensive System

Integrating the Rorschach and the MMPI in Clinical Assessment: Conceptual and Methodological Issues

Return to the Source: Rorschach's Psychodiagnositics

Personality Assessment and Managed Care

Psychodiagnosis of Personality Structure III: Neurotic Personality Organization

Psychodiagnosis of Personality Structure: Psychotic Personality Organization

Integrative Rorschach Interpretation

Personality Dimensions in Two Types of Learning-Disabled Children: A Rorschach Study

Standardizing Procedures for Calculating Rorschach Interrater Reliability: Conceptual and Empirical Foundations

Contributions of Cognitive Science to the Rorschach Technique: Cognitive and Neuropsychological Correlates of the Response Process

Depression, Alexithymia, and Pain Prone Disorder- A Rorschach Study

Everything You Wanted to Know About the MMPI

Predicting Depression Using Earliest Childhood Memories

Psychodiagnosis of Personality Structure II - Borderline Personality Organization

Rorschach Assessment of the Borderline Child

Rorschach Developmental Quality and Intelligence Factors

Rorschach Interpretive Assistance Program

Statistical Power and the Rorschach_1975-1991

The Science and Art of Parent-Child Observation in Child Custody Evaluation