Summary
Contents
Subject index
Psychosocial and holistic approaches to assessment have become a central feature of modern mental health care. This practical and comprehensive book guides students through the theory and practice of psychosocial assessments to help them integrate the data as preparation for the effective planning of treatment and interventions. Key features: • step-by-step guide on how to undertake each stage of the assessment process in practice • clinical staff and service users voices describing their experiences of the process • end of chapter exercises • reflections and considerations for practice This is essential reading for pre-registration nursing students and mental health professionals.
Assessment Approaches and Methods
Assessment Approaches and Methods
Chapter Overview
This chapter:
- Gives an overview of the different approaches to comprehensive and holistic assessment in mental health care.
- Explores how assessments can contribute to quality care.
- Identifies the central features of, and professional skills needed for, a comprehensive assessment approach.
- Shows how the recovery approach should underpin assessments by working in partnership and collaborating with service users, an important aspect of contemporary mental health practice.
Introduction
The purpose of any assessment approach is to help the individual convey and narrate their current experiences. There are, of course, many challenges with this and however we may try, psychosocial assessments in mental health care are not neutral or objective.
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