Measures for Clinical Practice: A Sourcebook: Volume 1: Couples, Families, and Children, Third Edition
Bentson H. McFartland, M.D. Ph.D.Community Mental Health JournalCorcoran and Fischer's "must have" book on instruments you can really use in your practice is back....[P]ractitioners who wish to survive in the managed care environment need to demonstrate beneficial outcomes of their services. These volumes give you those survival tools.....Perhaps someday there will be an even bigger and better third edition. In the meantime, add these volumes to your library.Peter Salovey professor of psychology, Yale University, and author ofThe Remembered SelfThis revision ofMeasures for Clinical Practiceprovides a wealth of new information. Many additional useful scales can be found in these two volumes, with very helpful descriptions of their reliability and validity. These books should be found on the shelf of every clinical researcher in addition to clinical practitioners.Siri Jayaratne School of Social Work, University of Michigan A welcome addition....For many years, many of us teaching practice-research classes have compiled library lists containing a variety of instruments to be used in class and practice. This has been rather a painful endeavor. With this book, life will become much easier. I have no doubt that I will use it.Walter W. Hudson School of Social Work, Florida State University A much needed text...that will provide direct practice workers with an array of measures for use in monitoring and evaluating client progress and the effectiveness of social work intervention.