Guide to Assessment Scales in Schizophrenia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Keefe, Richard (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Springer Healthcare UK : Imprint: Springer Healthcare, 2012.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Psychiatry.; Psychology.; Clinical psychology.; Psychology > Methodology.; Psychological measurement.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Psychological Methods/Evaluation.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Psychology, general.; General Psychology.

This book provides a wealth of assessment instruments from the world’s experts to help clinicians gather the most important information from their patients. This is the 3rd edition of our highly successful guides to Rating Scales in Schizophrenia, it is a practical and quick reference publication fo...

Table of Contents:

• Symptom rating scales in schizophrenia
• Depression and suicidality
• Cognition
• Functional outcomes assessment scales
• Quality of life measurements in a person with schizophrenia
• Antipsychotic side-effect rating scales in schizophrenia
• Assessment scales for insight
• Assessing adherence to antipsychotic medications
• Clinical assessment scales in substance use disorders
• Medical comorbidities.