Applying Decision Research to Improve Clinical Outcomes, Psychological Assessment, and Clinical Prediction

by David Faust

Mental health professionals often make explicit or implicit predictions involving crucial matters--Is a client at risk for self-harm or harming others? What treatment approach is most likely to be successful? Has a child been subjected to sexual or physical abuse? Decision research has particularly strong applied use for improving the accuracy of such determinations; unfortunately this work has not been broadly disseminated in the mental health field...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197694233
• ISBN13: 9780197694237
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"