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Standardized evaluation in clinical practice / edited by Michael B. First.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Review of psychiatry series ; 22, 2.
- Review of psychiatry ; v. 22, no. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychological tests.
- Behavioral assessment.
- Psychodiagnostics.
- Mental Disorders--diagnosis.
- Diagnosis, Differential.
- Process Assessment, Health Care.
- Risk Factors.
- Severity of Illness Index.
- Suicide, Attempted--psychology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Mental Disorders--diagnosis.
- Diagnosis, Differential.
- Process Assessment, Health Care.
- Risk Factors.
- Severity of Illness Index.
- Suicide, Attempted--psychology.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 167 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Pub., [2003]
- Summary:
- Augmenting the broad information contained in the APA's Handbook of Psychiatric Measures, this in-depth guide examines the real-world issues involved in implementing measures in actual clinical settings. In just five chapters, its 12 distinguished contributors focus on both the uses and limitations of structured diagnostic interviews in clinical practice and on specific measures for assessing two crucially important factors in clinical practice: suicide risk and global functioning. Standardized Evaluation in Clinical Practice is a groundbreaking guide that details the pros and cons of using structured interviews and rating scales in clinical settings to ensure reliable and valid assessment of diagnoses, symptoms, and outcomes.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Is There a Place for Research Diagnostic Methods in Clinic Settings? / Monica Ramirez Basco, Ph.D. 1
- The Importance of Diagnoses in Psychiatry 1
- Problems With Psychiatric Diagnoses 2
- Assumptions Inherent in the Diagnostic Classification System 13
- Remedies 15
- Use of Structured Diagnostic Methods 17
- Determining Where to Direct Efforts to Increase Diagnostic Precision 19
- Implementing a Structured Diagnostic System 21
- Chapter 2 Integrating the Assessment Methods of Researchers Into Routine Clinical Practice: The Rhode Island Methods to Improve Diagnostic Assessment and Services (MIDAS) Project / Mark Zimmerman, M.D. 29
- Methods of the MIDAS Project 32
- Overview of Results From the MIDAS Project 33
- Clinical Need for a Diagnostic Screening Instrument 52
- Examination of Nosologic Issues 60
- Generalizability of Treatment Research 62
- Unanswered Questions 63
- Chapter 3 Use of Structured Diagnostic Interviews in Clinical Child Psychiatric Practice / Christopher P. Lucas, M.D., M.P.H. 75
- Problems With Clinical Interviewing 76
- Semistructured Diagnostic Interviews 78
- Fully Structured Diagnostic Interviews 78
- Relative Advantages of Semistructured and Structured Diagnostic Interviews 80
- The Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children 81
- Validity of Computerized Self-Assessments 90
- Impact of Computerized Assessment on Clinical Services 92
- Chapter 4 Risk Factors for Suicidal Behavior: The Utility and Limitations of Research Instruments / Maria A. Oquendo, M.D., Batsheva Halberstam, B.A., J. John Mann, M.D. 103
- Definitions of Suicidal Behavior 104
- Clinical Risk Factors for Suicidal Behavior 106
- Neurobiological Factors in the Assessment of Suicidal Behavior 107
- Clinical Assessment of Suicide Risk 109
- Research Assessment of Suicide Risk 110
- Research Versus Clinical Assessments of Suicide Risk 111
- Research Tools in the Assessment of Suicide Risk 112
- Appendix 4-1. Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders/New York State Psychiatric Institute at Columbia University/Suicide History 124
- Chapter 5 Nationwide Implementation of Global Assessment of Functioning as an Indicator of Patient Severity and Service Outcomes / William W. Van Stone, M.D., Kathy L. Henderson, M.D., Rudolf H. Moos, Ph.D., Robert Rosenheck, M.D., Mary Schohn, Ph.D. 131
- Implementing Use of the GAF Throughout the Veterans Health Administration 132
- Staff Involvement and Training in One VA Network 135
- National GAF Training by Satellite Broadcast 140
- Preliminary Analysis of GAF Outcomes 141
- The GAF, Mental Health Service Use, and Patients' Symptom and Functioning Outcomes 146.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1585621145
- OCLC:
- 51278446
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