This is a state-of-the-art examination of various approaches to measuring and assessing client functioning and specific aspects of clients' social environments. It discusses numerous age groups and ethnic populations and makes use of cutting-edge methodologies in its examinations of measuring depression in children, measuring "the neighborhood" from a child's perspective, measuring and assessing family functioning, measuring spirituality, and measuring psychosocial problems in seriously mentally ill families. Helpful tables ...
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This is a state-of-the-art examination of various approaches to measuring and assessing client functioning and specific aspects of clients' social environments. It discusses numerous age groups and ethnic populations and makes use of cutting-edge methodologies in its examinations of measuring depression in children, measuring "the neighborhood" from a child's perspective, measuring and assessing family functioning, measuring spirituality, and measuring psychosocial problems in seriously mentally ill families. Helpful tables in each chapter make complex information easy to access and understand. Approaches to Measuring Human Behavior in the Social Environment is vital reading for social workers, psychologists, counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychiatrists, and researchers in these fields.
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