附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Douglas Black -- Preface / Graham Thornicroft -- pt. I. Definitions and targets for needs assessment -- 1. Defining mental health needs / John Wing, Chris R. Brewin and Graham Thornicroft -- 2. Health targets / Rachel Jenkins and Bruce Singh -- pt. II. Measuring population needs -- 3. Population surveys of morbidity and need / Rachel Jenkins and Howard Meltzer -- 4. Commissioners' information requirements on mental health needs and commissioning for mental health services / Andrew Stevens, James Raftery and Richard A. Mendelsohn -- 5. Measuring (relative) need for mental health care services / Roy Carr-Hill -- 6. Assessing demand for care at district level using a psychiatric case register / Mirella Ruggeri, Francesco Amaddeo and Michele Tansella -- 7. Assessing the need for psychiatric services at district level: using the results of community surveys / Paul Bebbington and Sian Rees -- pt. III. Choosing among needs: priorities and costs -- 8. Setting priorities during the development of local psychiatric services / Elaine Murphy -- 9. The Care Programme Approach: prioritising according to need in policy and practice / Jonathan Bindman and Gyles Glover -- 10. Local catchment areas for needs-led mental health services / Geraldine Strathdee and Graham Thornicroft -- 11. Needs from a user perspective / Marion Beeforth and Helen Wood -- 12. Costing psychiatric interventions / Jennifer Beecham and Martin Knapp -- pt. IV. Evaluating the ability of psychiatric services to meet needs -- 13. Assessing systems of care for the long-term mentally ill in urban settings / M. Susan Ridgely, Howard H. Goldman and Joseph P. Morrissey -- 14. Auditing the use of psychiatric beds / Bernard Audini and Richard Duffett -- pt. V. Methods for assessing individual needs -- 15. The Cardinal Needs Schedule: a standardised research instrument for measuring individual needs / Austin Lockwood and Max Marshall -- 16. Measuring individual needs for care and services / Chris R. Brewin
摘要:This revised version of the first edition provides professional, managerial and research staff in health and social care with all they need to understand and to put into practice the assessment of need in mental health.