A qualitative process evaluation of electronic session-by-session outcome measurement in child and adolescent mental health services

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hall, Charlotte L ^a   Taylor, John ^a   Moldavsky, Maria ^b   Marriott, Michael ^b   Pass, Sarah ^a   Newell, Karen ^a   Goodman, Robert ^c   Sayal, Kapil ^a   Hollis, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAMHS; Clinician; Outcome measures; Parent; Qualitative evaluation; Session by session

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; COOPERATION; ELECTRONIC SESSION BY SESSION OUTCOME MONITORING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; WAITING ROOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVER; CHILD; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PARENTS; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84899648187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-113     Document Type: Article

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