Mental Health Outcome Evaluation

Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-12-656575-1
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 121 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 400 g

Mental Health Outcome Evaluation bridges the gap between traditional research and evaluation methods by presenting an alternative to the highly technical and statistical methods developed in the laboratory for mental health care professionals. It focuses on outcome evaluation of mental health services for adults, concentrating on the general principles that can be used to assess the service effectiveness of community health centers, clinics, and private practices. The book presents a formidable argument for descriptive outcome studies through its evaluation of the results and consequences of care and treatment as well as clinician ratings. It is written in a non-technical style, making it accessible to anyone in the mental health industry.

Zielgruppe

AUDIENCE: Graduate students in nursing, psychology, social work, health administration, and mental health policy and administration, executives working in managed care organizations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Speer, David C.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Literatur für Manager
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Why Evaluate Mental Health Service Outcomes?A Different Perspective: Practical Outcome EvaluationSo, How Do We Tell if Something Works?What Should Be Measured? IssuesWhat Should Be Measured? InstrumentsPotential Booby Traps and LandminesPractical Implementation Issues and SuggestionsIn Conclusion, Shouldn't Everybody Evaluate Outcomes? (and Other Loose Ends)

Über Autor(innen)

Speer, David C.
David Speer (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) is an associate professor and clinical research psychologist at the Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida in Tampa. His duties include consultation, education, and training services to the public mental health system for older adults, grant writing, and clinical research. Before coming to Tampa, Dr. Speer was a Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of Notre Dame from 1986 to 1988 and was an executive director of the Northeastern Center (a CMHC) in Kendallville, Indiana from 1982 to 1986. He has also served in executive positions at the Quinco Consulting Center in Columbus, Indiana and the Erie County Suicide Prevention and Crisis Services in Buffalo, New York. He has authored or co-authored 45 journal publications and is the editor of Nonverbal Communication, Sage (1972).