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With the international consensus towards community care of the
mentally ill, there came a growing need for meaningful evaluation
of services. Redressing the lack of guidance this book describes
how to do mental health service research. It comprehensively
reviews developments in research design, method and measurement at
the level of both whole service systems and individual programmes
within mental health services. Each of the issues is adeptly
illustrated with practical descriptions of comprehensive evaluation
projects. The important advances already achieved in knowledge
about effective services are highlighted along with descriptions of
future work that will further develop our understanding of meeting
patient requirements. This volume will appeal to all who are
involved in mental health service research as well as those who
make use of their results.
How do we know if mental health services work? What are the best
ways to measure the outcomes of care for people with mental health
problems? This book contains five practical scales for assessing
the outcomes of mental healthcare. They are the European versions
of: Camberwell Assessment of Need (for unmet and met needs) Client
Socio-demographic and Service Receipt Inventory (for service costs)
Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire (for impact of care on family
members) Lancashire Quality of Life Profile (for quality of life)
Verona Service Satisfaction Scale (for service satisfaction). Each
scale has been standardised (in Danish, Dutch, English, Italian and
Spanish), and has been shown to be reliable and valid in all these
European languages. The book contains full details of the
development of these scales, manuals for their use, the scales
themselves and instructions on how to use the results. These new
measures will be invaluable to all those in research, evaluation,
audit and management who have an interest in evidence-based policy
and practice in mental healthcare.
With the emerging international consensus toward community care of the mentally ill, there comes a growing need for meaningful evaluation of services. Redressing the current lack of guidance this book describes how to do mental health service research. Contributors comprehensively review the most recent developments in research design, method and measurement at the level of both whole service systems and individual programs within mental health services. Practical descriptions of comprehensive evaluation projects illustrate each issue and many chapters examine important earlier advances in effective service knowledge as well as future work that will further develop our understanding of meeting patient requirements.
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