Measures for Clinical Practice and Research, Vol. 1: Couples, Families, and Children

Description

• The definitive reference volume on assessment measures for both practice and research in clinical mental health
• All-in-one resource for essential measurement tools
• Hundreds of standardized measures for use in clinical practice and in research
• All measures are critiqued, information on scoring is provided, and the actual measures are reproduced
• Includes instruments cross-indexed by problem area

One of the key challenges of all types of practice and research is finding a way to measure the problem. This seminal 2-volume book contains hundreds of the most useful measurement tools for use in clinical practice and in research. All measures are critiqued by the editors, who provide guidance on how to select and score them and the actual measures are wholly reproduced.

This first volume, focusing on measures for use with couples, families, and children, includes an introduction to the basic principles of measurement, an overview of different types of measures, and an overview of the Rapid Assessment Inventories included herein. Volume I also contains descriptions and reviews of each instrument, as well as information on how they were selected and how to administer and score them.

This book is designed as the definitive reference volume on assessment measures for both practice and research in clinical mental health. This fifth edition of Corcoran and Fischer's Measures for Clinical Practice and Research is updated with a new preface, new scales, and updated information for existing instruments, expanding and cementing its utility for members of all the helping professions, including psychology, social work, psychiatry, counseling, nursing, and medicine.

Alone or as a set, these classic compendiums are powerful tools that clinicians and researchers alike will find an invaluable addition to - or update of - their libraries.

Readership: Employees of most human service/caregiving agencies, particularly social workers from every comer of the field, counselors, and nurses; students in those fields; social work researchers

Table of Contents

Volume I:
List of Instruments for Couples
List of Instruments for Families
List of Instruments for Children
List of Instruments for Adults (vol II)
List of Instruments Cross-Indexed by Problem (vols I and II)
Foreword by David H. Barlow
Preface to the Fifth Edition
Part I: Measurement and Practice
1. Introduction
2. Basic Principles of Measurement
3. Types of Measurement Tools
4. Advantages and Disadvantages of Rapid Assessment Instruments
5. Selecting Measures for Practice
6. Administering the Instruments
Part II: Instruments for Practice and Research
Introduction
Instruments for Couples
Instruments for Families
Instruments for Children
References

Volume II:
List of Instruments for Adults
List of Instruments for Couples (vol I)
List of Instruments for Families (vol I)
List of Instruments for Children (vol I)
List of Instruments cross-indexed by problem area (vols I and II)
Foreword by David H. Barlow
Preface to the Fifth Edition
Instruments for Practice and Research:
Introduction to Volume II
Instruments for Adults

Authors

Edited by Kevin Corcoran, Professor of Social Work, Portland State University, and Joel Fischer, University of Hawai'i

Kevin Corcoran, PhD, JD, is Professor of Social Work at Portland State University. Joel Fischer, DSW, is Professor of Social Work at University of Hawai'i.