Rating scales in psychiatry

By:

Tyrer, Peter

Contributor(s):

Methuen, Caroline

Publication details: London : RCPsych Publications, 2007Description: iv, 59pISBN:

9781904671534

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

WM 141.

Summary: Selection of the best outcome measures is a crucial step in psychiatric research. There are excellent instruments available for most areas of interest and researchers are often faced with a confusing choice. Getting it right will save you time and money, affect the validity and comparability of your results and, ultimately, improve the impact of your publications. This booklet, extracted from the third edition of Research Methods in Psychiatry and with a new foreword and introduction, will help guide you through the crucial process of selecting the rating scales to use in your research. Crucially, each scale is listed with its citation rate as a guide to its popularity among the research community and the potential comparability of results.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Book	CEME Library (NELFT) Shelves	WM145 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available	NE11898
Book	CEME Library (NELFT) Shelves	WM145 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available	NE11903
Book	Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare Shelves	WM 100 TYR (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available	HOM1033
Book	South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves	WM 141 TYR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	024425
Book	Whittington Health Library Shelves	WM 15 TYR (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available	07240031

Browsing CEME Library (NELFT) shelves, Shelving location: Shelves Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous								Next
Previous	WM141 Clinical interviewing	WM141 The first interview	WM145 Rating scales in psychiatry	WM145 Rating scales in psychiatry	WM145 Handbook of clinical rating scales and assessment in psychiatry and mental health	WM145 A guide to assessments that work	WM145 A guide to assessments that work	Next

Selection of the best outcome measures is a crucial step in psychiatric research. There are excellent instruments available for most areas of interest and researchers are often faced with a confusing choice. Getting it right will save you time and money, affect the validity and comparability of your results and, ultimately, improve the impact of your publications. This booklet, extracted from the third edition of Research Methods in Psychiatry and with a new foreword and introduction, will help guide you through the crucial process of selecting the rating scales to use in your research. Crucially, each scale is listed with its citation rate as a guide to its popularity among the research community and the potential comparability of results.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.