‘Dale Johnson brings a rare and unique assortment of skills to this enterprise. . . .he has personally been immersed in the world of severe mental illness for many yearsÖand adds a compendium of appropriate tools for the research community.’
–Harriet P. Lefley, Ph D
University of Miami School of Medicine (From the Foreword)
This book discusses the rationale for the selection of psychosocial measures used to assess adults with serious mental illnesses. The chapters examine the use and efficiency of various measurement tools that intend to evaluate diagnostic and functional specificity, life stressors, supportive resources, quality of life, and more.
The text also analyzes external factors that are vital to clients’ clinical progress and continuing community tenure, such as continuity of care, housing resources, and family measures.
Key Features:
- Presents the purpose of each measurement tool, the description, psychometric properties, reliability, validity, and usage guidelines in template format
- Includes measurement tools for functional assessment, community living, social problem solving and coping, agency performance evaluation, and more
- Contains research on treatment adherence, consumer satisfaction with mental health services, and feelings of empowerment
- Evaluates the functioning and productivity of treatment and rehabilitation centers
This is the ideal tool for clinicians, psychiatrists, rehabilitation professionals, and other mental health professionals working with the mentally ill in hospital or community health settings.
Mục lục
‘Section 1. Background Information
Section 2: Functional Assessment
Section 3: Community Livng
Section 4: Social Functioning
Section 5: Global Assessment
Section 6: Level of Psychopathology
Section 7: Insight and Judgment
Section 8: Stress
Section 9: Social Problem Solving and Coping
Section 10: Social Support
Section 11: Quality of Life
Section 12: Consumer Satisfaction Scales
Section 13: Continuity of Care
Section 14: Treatment Adherence
Section 15: Substance Abuse
Section 16: Environmental Measures and Group Processes
Section 17: Housing
Section 18: Cultural
Section 19: Special Purpose Methods
Section 20: Agency Performance Evaluation
Section 21: Work Behaviors
Section 22: Family Measures
Section 23: Premorbid Adjustment
Section 24: Psychotic Symptoms
Section 25: Depression
Section 26: Mania
Section 27: Anxiety
Section 28: Screening
Section 29: Empowerment, Recovery, and Stigma
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Giới thiệu về tác giả
Dale L. Johnson, Ph D is an emeritus professor at the University of Houston and continues to conduct developmental research as Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
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