There is growing interest in the use of routine outcome measures (ROM) in mental health services worldwide. Australia has been at the forefront of introducing ROM in public mental health services, with the aim of improving services and consumer outcomes.#An in-depth policy and document analysis...
Outcome measures in mental health services: Humpty Dumpty is alive and well. Australasian Psychiatry. 2006;14:137-40.Mellsop G, Wilson J (2006) Outcome measures in mental health services: Humpty Dumpty is alive and well. Australas Psychiatry 14:139–140...
They highlight the need for staff to receive targeted training and usable reports, and to have access to resources to extract meaning and value from outcome measures.doi:10.1080/09638230701879177Trauer, TomCallaly, TomHerrman, HelenJournal of Mental Health...
Objective: Among mental health outcome measures that have been developed for routine use, most of the information concerns the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS). This instrument is widely used in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, but not in Canada. We tested its sensitivity and pr...
Clinician-rated mental health in outpatient child and adolescent mental health services: associations with parent, teacher and adolescent ratings Background聽聽Clinician-rated measures are used extensively in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). The Health of the Nation Outcome Scales......
Health-related Quality of Life (HrQoL) is a multidimensional measure, which has gained clinical and social relevance. Implementation of a patient-centred approach to both clinical research and care settings, has increased the recognition of patient and/or observer reported outcome measures (PROMs or ...
It is becoming increasingly recognized that conventionally derived outcome measures in mental health research are problematic. This is both because of the methodology used and because a 'good' outcome is framed from the perspective of clinicians and researchers. This paper describes a methodology for ...
Health-related Quality of Life (HrQoL) is a multidimensional measure, which has gained clinical and social relevance. Implementation of a patient-centred approach to both clinical research and care settings, has increased the recognition of patient and/or observer reported outcome measures (PROMs or ...
Rebecca Burson, DOPsychiatrist, US Air Force PreviousNext Screening and Assessment Screen, assess and measure. Clients complete instruments that measure clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, and functional status. Choose from validated, evidence-based outcome measures or create your own instruments. ...
In this paper we report on the process of translating five mental health outcome measures into Spanish and adapting them to Latino culture. The instruments considered are the World Health Organization-Disability Assessment Scale, the Burden Assessment Scale, the Family Burden Scale, Lehman's Quality ...