Methodology in Evaluation of Psychiatric Treatment

Participants; Foreword H. Danielsson; Preface T. Helgason; 1. Introduction: evaluation of psychiatric treatment B. Vhronholm and R. J Daly; 2. The aims of psychiatric treatment S. Martin Roth; 3. Evaluation in mental health programmes N. Sartorious; Part I. Methods of Classification: 4. Principles of 'multiaxial' classification in psychiatry as a basis of modern methodology P. Berner and H. Katschnig; 5. Standardized methods of classification of mental disorders J. K. Wing; 6. The significance of biological factors in the diagnosis of depressions H. M. van Praag; Part II. Evaluation Criteria: 7. Special problems in evaluation of psychotherapy R. J. Daly; 8. Special problems in evaluation of milieu therapy O. S. Dalgard, S. Friis, T. Sørensen and P. Valgum; Part III. Rating Methods in Evaluation of Treatment: 9. The AMP rating methods B. Woggon; 10. The comprehensive psychopathological rating scale (CPRS) B. Cronholm; 11. The use of rating scales for affective disorders P. Bech; 12. Self-rating scales in the evaluation of psychiatric treatment D. von Zerssen; 13. Methods for measuring social adjustment H. Katschnig; Part IV. Other Quantitative Methods of Evaluation of Treatment: 14. Psychopathological criteria M. Lader; 15. Biological quantitative methods in the evaluation of psychiatric treatment: some biochemical criteria P. Uytdenhoef, P. Linkowski and J. Medlewicz; Part V. Ethical and Practical Problems: 16. Ethical and practical problems in therapeutic research in psychiatry H. Helmchen; Index.