Practitioner's Guide to Empirically-Based Measures of Depression
Arthur M. Nezu (Editor), George F. Ronan (Editor), Elizabeth A. MeadowsBooks.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.
Overview
This book is intended to guide clinicians and researchers in choosing practical tools relevant for clinical assessment, intervention, and/or research in this area. It contains over 90 reviews of measures of depression and depression-related constructs. It provides summary tables comparing and contrasting different instruments in terms of their time requirements, suitability, costs, administration, reliability, and validity, and sample copies of 25 instruments in the public domain.
The book contains black-and-white illustrations.
Synopsis
Practitioner's Guide to Empirically-Based Measures to Depression, the first volume in a series of clinical assessment handbooks, is intended to guide clinicians and researchers in choosing practical tools relevant for clinical assessment, intervention, and/or research in this area. This volume provides critical overviews of key assessment issues and available assessment tools in depression. It provides summary tables comparing and contrasting different instruments in terms of their time requirements, suitability, costs, administration, reliability, and validity. These 'quick view grids' provide a rapid method of identifying and comparing potentially useful measures. Sample copies of 25 instruments in the public domain are included; for instruments commercially available, samples of instrument content and information about how to purchase them are provided. This remarkable compendium of information should serve as a valuable resource to practicing clinicians and to researchers who wish to develop state-of-the-science assessment strategies for clinical problems and to make informed choices about which devices best suit their purposes.
Doody Review Services
Reviewer:Ozlem Dubauskas, MD(Rush University Medical Center)
Description:This is a guide about depression scales for psychiatry clinicians.
Purpose:The purpose is to inform the audience about different scales. The editors also aim to provide depression measurement and follow-up tools in an organized manner.
Audience:Targeted audiences are basically psychiatrists, psychiatry residents, psychologists, social workers, and clinicians who evaluate depressed patients and enjoy using outcome measures. The most important target group is probably researchers who need short and practical information about different scoring systems.
Features:This book contains information not only about all the scales and their use, but also about scoring and interpretation of those scales, their clinical utility, research applicability, costs, alternative forms, and depression scales in special populations. An appendix at the end is a summary of information about all scales with comparisons of target population, type of measure, necessary time to complete, measurement focus, and alternate forms of all scales in a table. This table is so practical that the reader can have a quick look and even compare all available measures in the market. An author index and a list of references are other positive points of this book.
Assessment:In today's world, it is really practical to have all the scales available for quick use. This book is a candidate to be the desk reference of every researcher who evaluates depressed patients. I highly recommend it.
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From The Critics
Reviewer: Ozlem Dubauskas, MD(Rush University Medical Center)Description: This is a guide about depression scales for psychiatry clinicians.
Purpose: The purpose is to inform the audience about different scales. The editors also aim to provide depression measurement and follow-up tools in an organized manner.
Audience: Targeted audiences are basically psychiatrists, psychiatry residents, psychologists, social workers, and clinicians who evaluate depressed patients and enjoy using outcome measures. The most important target group is probably researchers who need short and practical information about different scoring systems.
Features: This book contains information not only about all the scales and their use, but also about scoring and interpretation of those scales, their clinical utility, research applicability, costs, alternative forms, and depression scales in special populations. An appendix at the end is a summary of information about all scales with comparisons of target population, type of measure, necessary time to complete, measurement focus, and alternate forms of all scales in a table. This table is so practical that the reader can have a quick look and even compare all available measures in the market. An author index and a list of references are other positive points of this book.
Assessment: In today's world, it is really practical to have all the scales available for quick use. This book is a candidate to be the desk reference of every researcher who evaluates depressed patients. I highly recommend it.
Booknews
Guides clinicians and researchers in choosing practical tools relevant for clinical assessment, intervention, and research in depression. Overviews some 90 key assessment tools, and provides summary tables comparing and contrasting different instruments in terms of their requirements, suitability, costs, administration, reliability, and validity. Sample copies of 25 instruments in the public domain are included. For instruments commercially available, samples of instrument content and information about how to purchase them are provided. Lacks a subject index. Nezu is affiliated with MCP Hahnemann University. Wire comb binding. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)3 Stars from Doody