Evaluation of the Computerized Assessment System for Psychotherapy Evaluation and Research (CASPER) as a measure of treatment effectiveness with psychiatric inpatients

Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-167

  Kinnaman, Joanna E Strong ^a,c,d   Farrell, Albert D ^a,e   Bisconer, Sarah W ^b,f,g  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Eastern State Hospital   (United States)

^c Education   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VCU Clark Hill Institute for Positive Youth Development   (United States)

^f Eastern State Hospital Williamsburg   (United States)

^g The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized assessment; Inpatient treatment effectiveness; Target problems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFTWARE; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646535425     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191105285952     Document Type: Article

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