Handbook of psychiatric measures
By: edited by A. John Rush Jr., Michael B. First, Deborah Blacker.
Contributors: Rush, A. John.; First, Michael B., 1956-; Blacker, Deborah, 1956-; American Psychiatric Association. Task Force for the Handbook of Psychiatric Measures.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: American Psychiatric Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 828
ISBN-13: 9781585622184
Subjects: Psychiatric rating scales -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales -- Handbooks; Mental Disorders -- diagnosis -- Handbooks
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Handbooks.
Description: Public and private entities are rapidly developing new methods for measuring and reviewing psychiatric care.methods that may not always reflect good research into the perspective of clinicians. Mental health providers and their patients are being held to new "criteria" in determinations of access to services. A wide range of clinical and policy issues are affected by the selection and application of psychiatric measures: eligibility determinations, outcomes assessment, pricing, and risk adjustment, as well as activities related to quality assurance and utilization review. This handbook responds to these challenges. It provides clinicians working in mental health or primary care settings with a compendium of the available rating scales, tests, and measures that may be useful for caring for patients with mental illnesses. Accompanying this handbook is a CD-ROM that includes complete copies of 108 measures discussed in the handbook--over 900 pages of measures. The CD-ROM also includes the complete, unabridged text, in fully searchable form.
Notes: Handbook of psychiatric measures / Task Force for the Handbook of Psychiatric Measures ; A. John Rush, Jr. ... [et al.].  1st ed.  c2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.