Outcome Assessment in Residential Treatment

List of contents

Contents
Foreword

• Preface
• Introduction to Treatment Outcome: Historical Perspective and Current Issues
• Criteria for Selecting Instruments to Assess Treatment Outcomes
• A Comparison of Commonly Used Treatment Measures
• Implementing an Outcome Assessment Project: Logistical, Practical, and Ethical Considerations
• Measuring Outcomes in Residential Treatment With the Devereux Scales of Mental Disorders
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

About the author

Steven I Pfeiffer

Summary

Outcome Assessment in Residential Treatment helps health care providers demonstrate that their planned treatment is necessary and active rather than simply custodial. A practitioner's guide to conducting treatment outcome assessment projects, this innovative book presents readers with historical perspectives, current issues, and practical suggestions for implementing an outcome assessment project.

Product details

• Authors: Pfeiffer, Steven I Pfeiffer, Steven I. Pfeiffer
• Assisted by: Pfeiffer Steven I. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.10.2016
• EAN: 9781138994713
• ISBN: 978-1-138-99471-3
• No. of pages: 110
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Social welfare & social services, Social welfare and social services