| Description |
1 online resource (198 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Assessing Common Mental Health and Addiction Issues With Free-AccessInstruments; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction and Useof Free-Access Assessment Instruments; Use of Assessment Instruments; What is Assessment?; Purposes of Assessment; Screening; Diagnosis; Treatment planning and goal identification; Progress and outcome evaluation; Conclusion; Chapter 2. Assessment of Anxiety Disorders; Primary Anxiety Disorders Commonly Encountered in Clinical Practice; Highlights of Free-Access Instruments Used to Identify and Monitor Outcomes; Hamilton Anxiety Scale |
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Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS)Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7); Spence Children's Anxiety Scale; Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN); Chapter 3. Assessment of Mood Disorders; Primary Mood Disorders Commonly Encountered in Clinical Practice; Highlights of Free-Access Instruments Used to Identify and Monitor Outcomes; Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression; The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children; The Edinburgh Depression Scale; Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale |
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Mood Disorder QuestionnaireChapter 4. Assessment of Addiction and Related Disorders; Addiction Disorders Commonly Encountered in Clinical Practice; Highlights of Free-Access Instruments Used to Identify and Monitor Outcomes; Alcohol Use Dependence Identification Test (AUDIT); Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST); CRAFFT; Online Cognition Scale (OCS); Chapter 5. Assessment of AD/HD, Disruptive, Impulse Control, Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders; Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD); Disruptive and Impulse Control Disorders |
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Obsessive Compulsive and Related DisordersHighlights of Free-Access Instruments Used to Identify and Monitor Outcomes; WHO Adult AD/HD Self-Report Scale; Wender Utah Rating Scale; Vanderbilt AD/HD Diagnostic Rating Scale-Parent and Teacher Version; Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham IV Rating Scale (SNAP-IV); Oregon Adolescent Depression Project-Conduct Disorder Screener; Children's Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Scale; The Hoarding Rating Scale-Interview; Various Additional Online Measures; Chapter 6. Assessment of Disorders on the Autistic and Schizophrenic Spectrums |
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Autism Spectrum DisorderSchizophrenia and Other Delusional Disorders Encountered in Clinical Practice; Commonalities between Schizophrenia and Autism Spectrum Disorder; Highlights of Free-Access Instruments Used to Identify and Monitor Outcomes; Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers; Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire; Autism Spectrum Quotient; Prodromal Questionnaire-Brief Version; Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales; Chapter 7. Assessment of Eating Disorders; Primary Eating Disorders Commonly Encountered in Clinical Practice |
| Summary |
As healthcare costs rise, so too do the costs of assessment instruments, critical tools for mental health professionals. While some traditional assessment instruments have become prohibitively expensive, as with many other fields, the Internet offers a host of more affordable and equitable alternative assessment tools at little or no cost. The pitfall of this alternative, thus far, has been the lack of vetting and quality assessment. Assessing Common Mental Health and Addiction Issues With Free-Access Instruments fills this gap by providing the first analysis and assessment of these |
| Notes |
Highlights of Free-Access Assessments Used to Identify and Monitor Outcomes |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Richards, Taryn E
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Erford, Bradley T
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| ISBN |
9781136626968 |
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1136626964 |
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