What does an idiographic measure (PSYCHLOPS) tell us about the spectrum of psychological issues and scores on a nomothetic measure (CORE-OM)?

Primary Care and Community Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-16

  Ashworth, Mark ^a   Robinson, Susan ^b   Evans, Chris ^c   Shepherd, Melanie ^d   Conolly, Anna ^e   Rowlands, Gill ^f  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Lewisham Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Client generated outcome measures; Idiographic instruments; Nomothetic instruments

Indexed keywords

EID: 62549092892     PISSN: 17468841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17468840701560805     Document Type: Article

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