Handbook of psychiatric measures / Task Force for the Handbook of Psychiatric Measures ; A. John Rush, Jr. [and others].

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: American Psychiatric Association. Task Force for the Handbook of Psychiatric Measures
Other Authors: Rush, A. John
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Association, [2000], ©2000.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Psychiatric rating scales > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Mental illness > Diagnosis > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales.
Mental Disorders > diagnosis.
Handbook.
Genre:
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Handbook.
Physical Description:xxviii, 820 pages ; 29 cm + 1 computer disc (4 3/4 in.)
Format: Book
Platform:IBM PC
Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Organization and use of the handbook
  • Ch. 2. Psychometric properties: concepts of reliability and validity
  • Ch. 3. Considerations in choosing, using, and interpreting a measure for a particular clinical context
  • Ch. 4. Considerations in choosing, using, and interpreting measures for health care systems
  • Ch. 5. Cultural factors influencing the selection, use, and interpretation of psychiatric measures
  • Ch. 6. Diagnostic interviews for adults
  • Ch. 7. General psychiatric symptoms measures
  • Ch. 8. Mental health status, functioning, and disabilities measures
  • Ch. 9. General health status, functioning, and disabilities measures
  • Ch. 10. Quality of life measures
  • Ch. 11. Adverse effects measures
  • Ch. 12. Patient perceptions of care measures
  • Ch. 13. Practitioner and system evaluation
  • Ch. 14. Stress and life events measures
  • Ch. 15. Family and relational issues measures
  • Ch. 16. Suicide risk measures
  • Ch. 17. Child and adolescent measures for diagnosis and screening
  • Ch. 18. Symptom-specific measures for disorders usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence
  • Ch. 19. Child and adolescent measures of functional status
  • Ch. 20. Behavioral measures for cognitive disorders
  • Ch. 21. Neuropsychiatric measures for cognitive disorders
  • Ch. 22. Substance use disorders measures
  • Ch. 23. Psychotic disorders measures
  • Ch. 24. Mood disorders measures
  • Ch. 25. Anxiety disorders measures
  • Ch. 26. Somatoform and factitious disorders and malingering measures
  • Ch. 27. Dissociative disorders measures
  • Ch. 28. Sexual disorders measures
  • Ch. 29. Eating disorders measures
  • Ch. 30. Sleep disorders measures
  • Ch. 31. Impulse-control disorders measures
  • Ch. 32. Personality disorders, personality traits, and defense mechanisms measures.