Competency-Based Assessments in Mental Health Practice : Cases and Practical Applications.
"Competency-Based Assessments in Mental Health Practice should be required reading for all clinical practitioners and students. Author Susan W. Gray provides a competency-based assessment model that moves away from looking at mental illness as a 'disease' to capturing people's st...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
John Wiley & Sons,
2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover13;
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- 1: An Introduction to the Competency-Based Assessment
- Perspectives on the Assessment
- Overview of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- Setting the Stage for Competency-Based Assessments
- The Competency-Based Assessment
- The Partnership With Strengths, Empowerment, and Resilience
- Summary
- 2: Formulating the Competency-Based Assessment
- Introduction
- Understanding the Case Studies
- The Competency-Based Assessment
- Formulating the Competency-Based Assessment
- The Competency-Based Assessment for Agnes Absinthe
- Assessment Guidelines
- Summary
- 3: Disorders in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence
- Introduction
- Overview of the Major Characteristics of the Diagnostic Classifications
- Incidence and Prevalence
- The Pervasive Developmental Disorders
- Beginning With Autistic Disorder
- Autistic Disorder
- Beginning With Asperger's Disorder
- Asperger's Disorder
- The Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Tic Disorders
- The Elimination Disorders
- Other Disorders
- Beginning With Selective Mutism
- Separation Anxiety
- Final Thoughts
- Practicing the Competency-Based Assessment
- Practical Applications
- Appendix: Competency-Based Assessments for Chapter 3 Case Examples
- Case Review for Anthony Moretti
- Case Review for Paulie Merkel
- 4: The Cognitive Disorders
- Introduction
- Incidence and Prevalence
- Overview of the Major Characteristics of the Diagnostic Classifications
- Delirium
- Beginning With Dementia
- Dementia
- Beginning With Amnestic Disorder (Amnesia)
- Amnestic Disorder
- Final Thoughts
- Practicing the Competency-Based Assessment
- Practical Applications
- Appendix: Competency-Based Assessments for Chapter 4 Case Examples
- Case Review for Myrna Joy Bilbus
- Case Review for Mary James
- 5: The Substance-Related Disorders
- Introduction
- Incidence and Prevalence
- Overview of the Major Characteristics of the Diagnostic Classifications
- Adding Diagnostic Specificity
- Looking at the Specific Substances
- Final Thoughts
- Practicing the Competency-Based Assessment
- Practical Applications
- Appendix: Competency-Based Assessments for Chapter 5 Case Examples
- Case Rewiew for Georgette Turnbull
- Case Review for Frankie Singer
- 6: Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
- Introduction
- Incidence and Prevalence
- Overview of Major Symptoms
- The Path of Schizophrenia
- Paranoid-Type Schizophrenia
- Disorganized-Type Schizophrenia
- Catatonic-Type Schizophrenia
- Undifferentiated-Type Schizophrenia
- Residual-Type Schizophrenia
- The Other Psychotic Disorders
- Final Thoughts
- Practicing the Competency-Based Assessment
- Practical Applications
- Appendix: Competency-Based Assessments for Chapter 6 Case Examples
- Case Review for John Potter
- Case Review for Hubert Estevez
- 7: The Mood Disorders
- Introduction
- Incidence and Prevalence
- Building Blocks for the Mood Disorders
- The Depressive Disorders
- The Bipolar Disorders
- The Other Mood Disorders
- Final Thoughts
- Practicing the Competency-Based As.