Synopses & Reviews
"Practitioner's Guide to Empirically-Based Measures toDepression," the first volume in a series of clinical assessmenthandbooks, is intended to guide clinicians and researchers in choosingpractical tools relevant for clinical assessment, intervention, and/orresearch in this area. This volume provides critical overviews of keyassessment issues and available assessment tools in depression. Itprovides summary tables comparing and contrasting differentinstruments 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 usefulmeasures. Sample copies of 25 instruments in the public domain areincluded; for instruments commercially available, samples ofinstrument content and information about how to purchase them areprovided. This remarkable compendium of information should serve as avaluable resource to practicing clinicians and to researchers who wishto develop state-of-the-science assessment strategies for clinicalproblems and to make informed choices about which devices best suittheir purposes.This and the companion volumes in the series were developed to combatthe frustration that researchers and clinicians often experience inlocating assessment devices and finding evaluative information onthem. Although all or most researchers and clinicians will be familiarwith a number of the measures here, many others will either be unknownor only vaguely familiar, often hidden in an article. The volumecontains over 90 reviews of measures of depression anddepression-related constructs.
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.
Synopsis
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.
Table of Contents
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; C. Maguth Nezu, A.M. Nezu, S.L. Foster.
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; S.L. Foster, A.M. Nezu. Reprinted Measures.
Index.