Description
This book offers students and trainees a thorough guide to clinical assessment. It covers different types of clinical assessment and explores the implications of the alternative views on clients′ needs and treatment. It explores clinical assessment as an ′art and science′ and brings the reader up to date with new requirements placed on therapists in both organisational and clinical practice based settings. In addition to outlining models for clinical assessment, it looks at the use of evidence-based practice in assessments. There are sections on doing assessments within organisations as well as from private practice.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Role of the Assessor in Private Practice
′Diagnosing′ Problems
Treatment -Illuminating Shaded Areas?
Assessment in Organisations: An Overview
Conducting an Assessment
Assessment Skills
Appendix 1
References
Index
