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One of the key challenges of all types of practice and research is finding a way to measure a given problem. The seminal Measures for Clinical Practice and Research two-volume set contains hundreds of the most useful measurement tools-alongside the authors' guidance on how to select and score them-for use in clinical practice and in research. Focusing on measures for use with adults whose conditions of concerns are not focused on family relationships or couple relationships, this second volume includes an introduction to the basic priniciples of measurement, an overview of different types of measures, and an overview of Rapid Assessment Instruments. The text also contains descriptions and reviews of each instrument and information on how they were selected.This book is designed to serve as the definitive reference volume on assessment measures for both practice and research in clinical mental health, and Volume 2 is updated with a new preface and target searches for instruments in health care conditions, personality disorders, and addictions. These classic Measures for Clinical Practice and Research compendiums are powerful tools that clinicians and researchers alike will find to be an invaluable addition to-or update of-their libraries.

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Measures for Clinical Practice and Research should be on the shelf of every practitioner working in a human service setting. Through the use of this book, practitioners will not only continue to meet the ever increasing demands for accountability, but also satisfy their own desires for objective, quantifiable indications of progress in a manner that can be accomplished in no more than several minutes. As I predicted over 25 years ago, 'the value of this book will increase,' and that continues to be the case. * From the Fifth Edition Foreword by David H. Barlow, PhD, ABPP, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Boston University * I vividly remember when the first edition appeared, then a single volume, and how grateful I was that Kevin Corcoran and Joel Fischer had undertaken the immense effort involved in collecting, selecting, and summarizing the rapid assessment instruments contained therein. I was able to throw away the collection of measures my students and I found useful in research and practice. . . . As you use these rapid assessment instruments, invoke blessings from whatever higher power you believe in to be bestowed on Joel Fischer, Kevin Corcoran, and their new co-author, Professor David Springer. I have known all three of these distinguished academics for many years, and I join the numerous readers of past editions of this book who have benefited from having these scales so conveniently at hand in expressing my thanks for their efforts. * From the Sixth Edition Foreword by Bruce A. Thyer, PhD, LCSW, BCBA-D, Distinguished Research Professor, Florida State University *

I vividly remember when the first edition appeared, then a single volume, and how grateful I was that Kevin Corcoran and Joel Fischer had undertaken the immense effort involved in collecting, selecting, and summarizing the rapid assessment instruments contained therein. I was able to throw away the collection of measures my students and I found useful in research and practice. . . . As you use these rapid assessment instruments, invoke blessings from whatever higher power you believe in to be bestowed on Joel Fischer, Kevin Corcoran, and their new co-author, Professor David Springer. I have known all three of these distinguished academics for many years, and I join the numerous readers of past editions of this book who have benefited from having these scales so conveniently at hand in expressing my thanks for their efforts. --From the Sixth Edition Foreword by Bruce A. Thyer, PhD, LCSW, BCBA-D, Distinguished Research Professor, Florida State University Measures for Clinical Practice and Research should be on the shelf of every practitioner working in a human service setting. Through the use of this book, practitioners will not only continue to meet the ever increasing demands for accountability, but also satisfy their own desires for objective, quantifiable indications of progress in a manner that can be accomplished in no more than several minutes. As I predicted over 25 years ago, 'the value of this book will increase,' and that continues to be the case. --From the Fifth Edition Foreword by David H. Barlow, PhD, ABPP, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Boston University

I vividly remember when the first edition appeared, then a single volume, and how grateful I was that Kevin Corcoran and Joel Fischer had undertaken the immense effort involved in collecting, selecting, and summarizing the rapid assessment instruments contained therein. I was able to throw away the collection of measures my students and I found useful in research and practice. . . . As you use these rapid assessment instruments, invoke blessings from whatever higher power you believe in to be bestowed on Joel Fischer, Kevin Corcoran, and their new co-author, Professor David Springer. I have known all three of these distinguished academics for many years, and I join the numerous readers of past editions of this book who have benefited from having these scales so conveniently at hand in expressing my thanks for their efforts. --From the Sixth Edition Foreword by Bruce A. Thyer, PhD, LCSW, BCBA-D, Distinguished Research Professor, Florida State University Measures for Clinical Practice and Research should be on the shelf of every practitioner working in a human service setting. Through the use of this book, practitioners will not only continue to meet the ever increasing demands for accountability, but also satisfy their own desires for objective, quantifiable indications of progress in a manner that can be accomplished in no more than several minutes. As I predicted over 25 years ago, 'the value of this book will increase,' and that continues to be the case. --From the Fifth Edition Foreword by David H. Barlow, PhD, ABPP, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Boston University

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Joel Fischer, DSW, MSW, Professor of Social Work, University of Hawai'i Kevin Corcoran, JD, PhD, MSW, MA, Professor of Social Work (retired), University of Alabama David W. Springer, PhD, MSW, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Texas at Austin

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