Title Competency-Based Assessments in Mental Health Practice : Cases and Practical Applications

Published Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (482 pages) Contents Cover13; -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- 1: An Introduction to the Competency-Based Assessment -- Perspectives on the Assessment -- Overview of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -- Setting the Stage for Competency-Based Assessments -- The Competency-Based Assessment -- The Partnership With Strengths, Empowerment, and Resilience -- Summary -- 2: Formulating the Competency-Based Assessment -- Introduction -- Understanding the Case Studies -- The Competency-Based Assessment -- Formulating the Competency-Based Assessment -- The Competency-Based Assessment for Agnes Absinthe -- Assessment Guidelines -- Summary -- 3: Disorders in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence -- Introduction -- Overview of the Major Characteristics of the Diagnostic Classifications -- Incidence and Prevalence -- The Pervasive Developmental Disorders -- Beginning With Autistic Disorder -- Autistic Disorder -- Beginning With Asperger's Disorder -- Asperger's Disorder -- The Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders -- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder -- Tic Disorders -- The Elimination Disorders -- Other Disorders -- Beginning With Selective Mutism -- Separation Anxiety -- Final Thoughts -- Practicing the Competency-Based Assessment -- Practical Applications -- Appendix: Competency-Based Assessments for Chapter 3 Case Examples -- Case Review for Anthony Moretti -- Case Review for Paulie Merkel -- 4: The Cognitive Disorders -- Introduction -- Incidence and Prevalence -- Overview of the Major Characteristics of the Diagnostic Classifications -- Delirium -- Beginning With Dementia -- Dementia -- Beginning With Amnestic Disorder (Amnesia) -- Amnestic Disorder -- Final Thoughts -- Practicing the Competency-Based Assessment -- Practical Applications -- Appendix: Competency-Based Assessments for Chapter 4 Case Examples -- Case Review for Myrna Joy Bilbus -- Case Review for Mary James -- 5: The Substance-Related Disorders -- Introduction -- Incidence and Prevalence -- Overview of the Major Characteristics of the Diagnostic Classifications -- Adding Diagnostic Specificity -- Looking at the Specific Substances -- Final Thoughts -- Practicing the Competency-Based Assessment -- Practical Applications -- Appendix: Competency-Based Assessments for Chapter 5 Case Examples -- Case Rewiew for Georgette Turnbull -- Case Review for Frankie Singer -- 6: Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders -- Introduction -- Incidence and Prevalence -- Overview of Major Symptoms -- The Path of Schizophrenia -- Paranoid-Type Schizophrenia -- Disorganized-Type Schizophrenia -- Catatonic-Type Schizophrenia -- Undifferentiated-Type Schizophrenia -- Residual-Type Schizophrenia -- The Other Psychotic Disorders -- Final Thoughts -- Practicing the Competency-Based Assessment -- Practical Applications -- Appendix: Competency-Based Assessments for Chapter 6 Case Examples -- Case Review for John Potter -- Case Review for Hubert Estevez -- 7: The Mood Disorders -- Introduction -- Incidence and Prevalence -- Building Blocks for the Mood Disorders -- The Depressive Disorders -- The Bipolar Disorders -- The Other Mood Disorders -- Final Thoughts -- Practicing the Competency-Based As Summary "Competency-Based Assessments in Mental Health Practice should be required reading for all clinical practitioners and students. Author Susan W. Gray provides a competency-based assessment model that moves away from looking at mental illness as a 'disease' to capturing people's strengths and the uniqueness of their experience with mental illness."--Alex GittermanZachs Professor and Director of PhD ProgramUniversity of Connecticut School of Social Work. "Competency-Based Assessment in Mental Health Practice not only describes the rather cumbersome DSM-IV-TR® in a manner that gradua Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-429) and indexes Notes Print version record SUBJECT Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007150927 Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders fast Subject Psychology, Pathological -- Case studies Clinical competence. Disability evaluation. Mental Disorders -- diagnosis Clinical Competence Disability Evaluation Mental Disorders -- classification Mental Disorders -- diagnosis -- Case Reports Clinical Competence -- Case Reports Disability Evaluation -- Case Reports Mental Disorders -- classification -- Case Reports MEDICAL -- Mental Health. MEDICAL -- Psychiatry -- General. PSYCHOLOGY -- Clinical Psychology. PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness. PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- General. Disability evaluation Clinical competence Psychology, Pathological Genre/Form Case studies Case studies. Études de cas. Form Electronic book LC no. 2010039795 ISBN 9781118044209 1118044207 9780470505281 0470505281 9786613027320 6613027324

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