CLINICAL TOOLS
Tom Hall MAASW, (Adv.Acc.) AMHSW
Clinical Specialist / Training Consultant, MHTDU, NWMH
Mental Heath Coordinator, Living Room, Youth Projects
First-Step Social Solutions
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Learning Outcomes
Understand the importance of clinical measures
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Focus on solutions
Supplementing routine clinical measures with
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organisational computers
The task is to semi-automate the summary of OM
and other routinely used scale items into subscales
As illustrated above these summaries can be used,
classically, with outcome measures to highlight
assessment and intervention strategies in
collaboration with the consumer
Requires multiple entry of the OM data but provides
greater flexibility in how data are presented in
discussion
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Psychosis [16]
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70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
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40.0%
3/08/2013
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Behavr
Impairmt
Symptm
Social
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functioning
Keeping data safely for periods of time
Using de-identified data to understand the outcomes
of program provision how do we know the
program had an effect compared to simple activity
data
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References
Chamberlain, C. & Johnson, G.(2011) Pathways into adult
homelessness. Journal of Sociology. (49) 1 : 60-77.
Corcoran, K. & Fischer, J. (2013) Measures for Clinical
Practice and Research: a sourcebook (5th Ed) Vols 1 & 2.
New York : Oxford University Press.
Graham-Kevan, N. & Archer, J. (2003) Physical aggression
and control in heterosexual relationships: the effects of
sampling, Violence and Victims. (18), 2
Pallant, J. (2011) SPSS Survival Manual: a step by step
guide to data analysis using SPSS (4th Ed) Crows Nest :
Allen & Unwin.
Contact: tomhas@bigpond.com