Measuring Mental Disorders

• Author : Philippe Le Moigne
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 21 November 2018

This book is a collective work draws on the perspective of social sciences, mobilizing perspectives from the sociology of science, the history of psychiatry, medical ethnography and public policy analysis. This initiative, which has no precedent in social sciences, is surrounded by an original, if not apparently paradoxical statement: considering that the deployment of these processes, strictly formal and depersonalized, is justified in becoming the rule in a society known as "individuals". Presents the measurement of mental disorders (tests / scales)

• Author : Scott Wetzler
• Publisher : Amer Psychiatric Pub Incorporated
• Release : 14 August 1989

Thirteen chapters examine assessment of psychopathological disorders and related topics..

• Author : Per Bech
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 10 December 2016

This innovative monograph introduces a measurement-based framework for effective treatment of patients with mood disorders, personality disorders, and schizophrenia. Rooted firmly in principles of pharmacotherapy and clinical psychometrics, the book’s signature diagram balances rating scale results and patient self-reported progress along three angles: therapeutic effects, adverse effects, and quality of life. The author’s choices of measures are brief, valid, widely used, and easy for clinicians to administer and patients to understand. But rather than being a mechanistic or

• Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on National Statistics
• Publisher : National Academies Press
• Release : 06 May 2016

The workshop summarized in this report was organized as part of a study sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with the goal of assisting SAMHSA in its responsibilities of expanding the collection of behavioral health data in several areas. The workshop brought together experts in mental health, psychiatric epidemiology and survey methods to facilitate

• Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on National Statistics
• Publisher : National Academies Press
• Release : 19 September 2016

In February 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop to explore options for expanding the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) behavioral health data collections to include measures of recovery from substance use and mental disorder. Participants discussed options for collecting data and producing estimates of recovery from substance use and mental disorders, including available measures and associated possible data collection mechanisms. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

• Author : Saul B. Sells
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 14 August 1968

• Author : Graham Thornicroft
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business
• Release : 01 November 2001

This book asks what are needs for mental health services, and how they can be measured.

• Author : Beth M. Huebner,Timothy S. Bynum
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 28 April 2016

This volume of the series was designed to provide a comprehensive primer on the existing best practices and emerging developments in the study and design research on crime and criminology. The work as a whole includes chapters on the measurement of criminal typologies, the offenders, offending and victimization, criminal justice organizations, and specialized measurement techniques. Each chapter is written by experts in the field and they provide an excellent survey of the literature in the relevant area. More importantly, each

• Author : Saul B. Sells,National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 14 August 1969

• Author : Mark Jonathan Atkinson,Sharon Lisbeth Zibin,Canada. Systems for Health Directorate
• Publisher : Directorate
• Release : 14 August 1996

• Author : Philippe Le Moigne
• Publisher : ISTE Press - Elsevier
• Release : 15 October 2018

This book is a collective work draws on the perspective of social sciences, mobilizing perspectives from the sociology of science, the history of psychiatry, medical ethnography and public policy analysis. This initiative, which has no precedent in social sciences, is surrounded by an original, if not apparently paradoxical statement: considering that the deployment of these processes, strictly formal and depersonalized, is justified in becoming the rule in a society known as "individuals". Presents the measurement of mental disorders (tests / scales)

• Author : David S. Heath
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 26 September 2005

In the U.S., when a patient is in need of rigorous psychiatric care, the first step is hospitalization. However, elsewhere in the world, psychiatric home treatment is proposed as an alternative. Model programs in Canada and the United Kingdom are publicly administered by community health agencies or teaching hospitals. Home Treatment for Acute Mental Disorders provides a review of the literature on home care and describes working programs around the world. This timely volume reviews treatment plans for different

• Author : William W. Eaton
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 28 June 2012

Mental disorders are among the most prevalent sources of disease burden in the world. Increasing recognition of this burden has led to an explosion of scientific research as well as widespread public attention. Understanding causes and consequences of mental health and mental disorders from the perspective of public health involves unique methods and concepts from many disciplines, including population-based surveys in a life course framework. Prevention and control of mental disorders involves design and execution of intervention trials to prevent

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 14 August 1978

• Author : OECD
• Publisher : OECD Publishing
• Release : 13 December 2018

Tackling mental health problems of the working-age population is a key issue for labour market and social policies in OECD countries, not just for health systems. Governments increasingly recognise that policy has a major role to play in keeping people with mental health conditions ...