Measuring mental health outcomes in primary care: The psychometric properties of a new patient-generated outcome measure, 'PSYCHLOPS' ('psychological outcome profiles')

Primary Care Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 261-270

  Ashworth, Mark ^a,f   Robinson, Susan I ^b   Godfrey, Emma ^a   Shepherd, Melanie ^c   Evans, Chris ^d   Seed, Paul ^a   Parmentier, Henk ^e   Tylee, André ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Lewisham Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d RAMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Selsdon Park Medical Practice ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patient generated outcome measures; Psychometrics; Validation study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDITY;

EID: 33745976401     PISSN: 14764717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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