Practitioner's Guide to Empirically-Based Measures of Depression
Published on 30. April 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIII, 353 pages
978-0-306-46246-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
More details
Series
Edition
2000 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Springer Science+Business Media
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
XIII, 353 p.
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
692 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-46246-7 (9780306462467)
DOI
10.1007/b108178
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Series Preface.- Preface.-
Section I: Guide to Volume I: Depression. 1.
Introduction.
2.
Overview of Depression.
3.
A 10-Step Guide to Selecting Assessment Measures in Clinical and Research Settings
.-
Section II: Assessment
Instruments. 4.
Measures of Depression, Depressive Symptomatology, and Depressive Mood.
5.
Measures of Depression: Special Populations.
6.
Measures of Depression-Related Constructs.-
Section III: Quick-View
Guides. 4. Measures:
Depression, Depressive Symptomatology, and Depressive Mood.
5. Measures:
Special Population.
6. Measures:
Depression-Related Constructs.- References.- Appendices.- Glossary of Terms
.-
Reprinted Measures.- Index.