Measuring Psychopathology

ISBN-13: 9780192630803 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 240 str.

Anne Farmer; Peter McGuffin; Julie Williams

Opis

Written for the non-clinical researcher as well as for those with clin ical experience, the authors start by considering the question "what i s psychopathology?" They tehn employ a historical perspective to expla in why and how mental disorders are currently classified, and how the use of an operational approach to diagnosis was adopted. The use of op erational crtieria to define psychiatric disorder has facilitated the development of standardised interviewing techniques, questionnaires an d rating scales. These tools are all covered in some detail, not only with regard to adults with mental disorders, but also with reference t o special and challenging groups such as children and the elderly, and those with a learning disability, substance misuse, or who have a per sonality disorder. Essential reading for clinicians and non-clinical scientists engaged in research on psychiatric disorders, trainees and junior psychiatrists, and clinical psychologists.

Recenzje

The information is brilliantly organized and gives the reader both the methods designed to improve diagnostics and the scales used in both clinical practice and in research. The author's objectives are worthy, and they successfully provide an excellent, concise tool for the measurement of psychopathology . . . Compared to other guides available in the mental health field, this book would be my first choice . . . I was pleased with this book and have gladly added it to my own personal library.