Psychosocial Assessment in Mental Health

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Theory and practice of psychosocial Assessment in mental health care .........1
Overview of assessment in mental health care ......3
Assessment approaches and methods ......14
Principles of selecting rating scales and assessment tools ..........29
2. Psychosocial Assessments........47
The presenting problem ............49
Social and environmental context ..............64
Physical Health...........76
History taking ............96
Mental state examination ............109
Risk assessment ...123
Substance Use ..............148
Strengths and mental well-being ........164
3. Analysing and integrating assessment information ...........183
Case conceptualisation ............185
Identifying strengths and formulating needs statements ........201
Formulating goal Statements.......211