As residential treatment centers and psychiatric hospitals are
increasingly asked to document their effectiveness, it is essential
for mental health care providers to demonstrate the efficacy and
cost-effectiveness of the services they provide. Outcome Assessment
in Residential Treatment helps health care providers demonstrate
that their planned treatment is necessary and active rather than
simply custodial. A practitioner s guide to conducting treatment
outcome assessment projects, this innovative book presents readers
with historical perspectives, current issues, and practical
suggestions for implementing an outcome assessment project.Outcome
Assessment in Residential Treatment guides psychiatrists,
psychologists, mental health practitioners, and social program
administrators in addressing which therapeutic components
contribute to the goals and objectives of their programs and which
may require modification, radical revision, or even elimination. It
helps residential treatment centers and psychiatric treatment
facilities document treatment successes and better understand which
factors (within the client, family, environment, treatment setting,
or combinations therein) predict successful outcome. This objective
data empowers readers to influence government and industry, enhance
public awareness of the needs of severely disturbed children and
youth, and validate the usefulness of intensive psychiatric
treatment.Unlike other books on treatment outcome, Outcome
Assessment in Residential Treatment tells readers how to determine
clinically significant improvement and not simply statistically
significant change. It gives practical, detailed, proven advice on
how to carry out studies that will benefit residential treatment
centers and the psychiatric and mental health fields. Contributors
provide tools to validate/demonstrate that psychiatric and mental
health treatments are effective. They offer insight into: planning
a treatment outcome project recognizing ethical, practical,
methodological, logistical, and clinical considerations in
implementing a treatment outcome project selecting instruments to
assess treatment outcome and measuring success comparing different
outcome measuresHealth care providers must have accurate
information about treatment outcomes to demonstrate that specific
services are beneficial, cost-effective, and well-received by the
client. Outcome Assessment in Residential Treatment helps readers
evaluate the impact a treatment program has on a client s clinical
status and psychosocial and educational functioning, making it
possible to provide an objective yardstick for the payer s
evaluation of the quality of care provided.Psychiatrists,
psychologists, mental health practitioners, and social program
administrators will find Outcome Assessment in Residential
Treatment an essential guide to evaluating and understanding the
relative effects of specific interventions or procedures on the
quality and effectiveness of their services. They will use this
information to make appropriate changes which guarantee that they
best meet their clients'mental health care needs.
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