Diagnosis and Clinical Measurement in Psychiatry A Reference Manual for SCAN [Hardcover]

A valuable reference manual which supports SCAN/PSE-10 in describing its rationale, development and an introduction to its uses.Helping people with mental illness relies on the ability to understand and measure the severity of the experiences that they find distressing. SCAN is a form of interview, which provides a detailed and accurate picture of 'mental state'. When analysed by computer it provides a diagnosis that is comparable wherever the system is used. PSE-10/SCAN synthesises ICD-10 and DSM-IV criteria and builds on experience from extensive tests of its predecessor PSE-9. This reference manual is a companion to the SCAN interview schedule and software. It describes the rationale and development of the system and provides a valuable introduction to its uses.Helping people with mental illness relies on the ability to understand and measure the severity of the experiences that they find distressing. SCAN is a form of interview, which provides a detailed and accurate picture of 'mental state'. When analysed by computer it provides a diagnosis that is comparable wherever the system is used. PSE-10/SCAN synthesises ICD-10 and DSM-IV criteria and builds on experience from extensive tests of its predecessor PSE-9. This reference manual is a companion to the SCAN interview schedule and software. It describes the rationale and development of the system and provides a valuable introduction to its uses.In order to help people with a mental illness it is important to be able to understand and measure the severity of distressing and disabling experiences that can affect behavior. SCAN is a form of interview, found acceptable to patients, which provides a detailed and accurate picture of the mental state . When analyzed by computer, SCAN provides diagnoses that are comparable wherever the system is used. The ninth edition of the Present State Examination (PSE-9) was published in 1974 and served to link the two main approaches to the description and classification of l¥