The Use of Psychological Testing for Treatment Planning and Outcomes Assessment: Volume 2: Instruments for Children and Adolescents (The Use of Psychological ... Planning and Outcomes Assessment, Volume 2)

Test-based psychological assessment has been significantly affected by the health care revolution in the United States during the past two decades. Despite new limitations on psychological services across the board and psychological testing in particular, it continues to offer a rapid and efficient method of identifying problems, planning and monitoring a course of treatment, and assessing the outcomes of interventions. This thoroughly revised and greatly expanded third edition of a classic reference, now three volumes, constitutes an invaluable resource for practitioners who in a managed care era need to focus their testing not on the general goals of personality assessment, symptom identification, and diagnosis so often presented to them as students and trainees, but on specific questions: What course of treatment should this person receive? How is it going? Was it effective? New chapters describe new tests and models and new concerns such as ethical aspects of outcomes assessment. Volume I reviews general issues and recommendations concerning the use of psychological testing for screening for psychological disturbances, planning and monitoring appropriate interventions, and the assessing outcomes, and offers specific guidelines for selecting instruments. It also considers more specific issues such as the analysis of group and individual patient data, the selection and implementation of outcomes instrumentation, and the ethics of gathering and using outcomes data. Volume II discusses psychological measures developed for use with younger children and adolescents that can be used for the purposes outlined in Volume I; Volume III, those developed for use with adults. Drawing on the knowledge and experience of a diverse group of leading experts--test developers, researchers, clinicians and others, the third edition of The Use of Psychological Testing for Treatment Planning and Outcomes Assessment provides vital assistance to all clinicians, and to their trainees and graduate students. Doody Review Services Reviewer: Nicholas Greco IV, MS, BCETS, CATSM(Abbott Laboratories) Description: This volume 2 of the widely popular 3-volume set provides a needed update and serves as a comprehensive resource for the most popular child and adolescent assessments and scales and of course, as a standalone teaching tool. Purpose: Like all of the volumes, the purpose of this one is to provide the necessary updates for an ever-changing practice environment. Volume 2 specifically addresses the use of specific psychological instruments for the treatment planning and outcome assessment of children and adolescents. The objective is to provide clinicians with knowledge of new instruments and expand upon previous knowledge. The book exceeds expectations and meets the need of today's mental health professional. Audience: The book is intended for clinicians and graduate students in psychology and to some degree medicine. These volumes are clearly excellent teaching tools and a comprehensive resource. The author is highly credible and contributes substantially to the field with this three volume set. Graduate psychology students and residents in child and adolescent psychiatry will appreciate the wealth of knowledge contained in this volume. Features: Volume 2 focuses on instruments of choice: The Children's Depression Inventory, The MMPI-A, the Conner' Rating Scale-Revised, the BASC, the Million Adolescent Clinical Inventory, and the Child Health Questionnaire. The discussions of tests and models are current and focus on the use, predictability, and implementation of these tests in children and adolescents. Assessment: This volume succeeds in capturing the reader's interest and establishing its place in the mental health field. Highly recommended. Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 List of Contributors......Page 14 1 Use of the Children's Depression Inventory......Page 22 2 The Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC)......Page 60 3 Characteristics and Applications of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS)......Page 84 4 Overview and Update on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–Adolescent (MMPI–A)......Page 102 5 Studying Outcomes in Adolescents: The Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) and Millon Adolescent Personality Inventory (MAPI)......Page 144 6 Personality Inventory for Children, Second Edition (PIC–2), Personality Inventory for Youth (PIY), and Student Behavior Survey (SBS)......Page 162 7 The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) for Ages 1.5 to 18 Years......Page 200 8 Conners' Rating Scales–Revised......Page 236 9 Youth Outcome Questionnaire (Y–OQ)......Page 256 10 The Ohio Scales......Page 296 11 Use of the Devereux Scales of Mental Disorders for Diagnosis, Treatment Planning, and Outcome Assessment......Page 326 12 Treatment Planning and Evaluation With the Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC)......Page 352 13 The Adolescent Treatment Outcomes Module (ATOM)......Page 376 14 Clinical Assessment of Adolescent Drug Abuse With the Personal Experience Inventory (PEI)......Page 392 15 The Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS)......Page 426 16 The Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) and Psychological Assessments: A Brief Update......Page 464 17 Measurement as Communication in Outcomes Management: The Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS)......Page 482 18 Quality of Life of Children: Toward Conceptual Clarity......Page 498 A......Page 532 B......Page 534 C......Page 540 D......Page 545 E......Page 548 F......Page 550 G......Page 553 H......Page 557 J......Page 562 K......Page 564 L......Page 568 M......Page 572 N......Page 578 O......Page 580 P......Page 581 R......Page 584 S......Page 588 T......Page 595 U......Page 597 V......Page 598 W......Page 599 Y......Page 602 Z......Page 603 A......Page 604 B......Page 608 C......Page 611 D......Page 620 E......Page 623 F......Page 625 G......Page 627 H......Page 629 I......Page 630 L......Page 634 M......Page 635 N......Page 639 O......Page 641 P......Page 643 Q......Page 650 R......Page 651 S......Page 654 T......Page 661 U......Page 666 V......Page 667 Y......Page 668 Z......Page 669 Like other practices, test-based psychological assessment has been significantly affected by the health care revolution in the United States during the past two decades. Despite new limitations on psychological services across the board and psychological testing in particular, it continues to offer a rapid and efficient method of identifying problems, planning and monitoring a course of treatment, and assessing the outcomes of interventions. This thoroughly revised and greatly expanded third edition of a classic reference, now three volumes, constitutes an invaluable resource for practitioners who in a managed care era need to focus their testing not on the general goals of personality assessment, symptom identification, and diagnosis so often presented to them as students and trainees, but on specific questions: What course of treatment should this person receive? How is it going? Was it effective? New chapters describe new tests and models and new concerns such as ethical aspects of outcomes assessment. Volume I reviews general issues and recommendations concerning the use of psychological testing for screening for psychological disturbances, planning and monitoring appropriate interventions, and the assessing outcomes, and offers specific guidelines for selecting instruments. It also considers more specific issues such as the analysis of group and individual patient data, the selection and implementation of outcomes instrumentation, and the ethics of gathering and using outcomes data. Volume II discusses psychological measures developed for use with younger children and adolescents that can be used for the purposes outlined in Volume I; Volume III, those developed for use with adults. Drawing on the knowledge and experience of a diverse group of leading experts - test developers, researchers, clinicians and others, the third edition of The Use of Psychological Testing for Treatment Planning and Outcome Assessment provides vital assistance to all clinicians, and to their trainees and graduate students