Assessing the strengths of mental health consumers: A systematic review

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1024-1033

  Bird, Victoria J ^a   Le Boutillier, Clair ^a   Leamy, Mary ^a   Larsen, John ^b   Oades, Lindsay G ^c   Williams, Julie ^a   Slade, Mike ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Rethink   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult mental health services; Clinical assessment; Psychometric testing; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT NEEDS AND STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT; ADULT NEEDS AND STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT ABBREVIATED; ADULT RESILIENCY DEVELOPING STRENGTHS MEASURE; ARTICLE; CLIENT ASSESSMENT OF STRENGTHS, INTERESTS AND GOALS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT AND THE ASSESSMENT OF HELPSEEKER STRENGTHS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; ROPES STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK; STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT; STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET; STRENGTHS SELF ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALUES IN ACTION INVENTORY OF STRENGTHS;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84874471888     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028983     Document Type: Article

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