Assessment tools
Assessment Tools describes the range of tools, documents and associated items used for assessing individuals mental, social and psychological state.
 | Title: The physical health care needs Published: February 2006 Summary: This policy and guidance is intended to assist practitioners to assess for physical health care needs, particularly those most likely to affect this client group. |
 | Title: InPAC FINAL Published: 2005 Summary: A framework for integration including the following identified problems: Idiosyncratic referral pathways, idiosyncratic care packages, differing views on the priorities for the service, differing views on the appropriateness of interventions. |
 | Title: Physical health care audit tool Published: November 2005 Summary: A clinical audit tool for Physical health care assessment on in-patient wards, Oxleas NHS Trust. |
![CDSTSUMM [1] cover image](/silo/images/cdstsumm-1jpg_130x130.jpg "CDSTSUMM [1] cover image") | Title: CDST Summary Published: 2005 Summary: Integrated Packages Approach to Care (InPAC).North Kirklees Pathways and Packages Project. |
 | Title: Adult assessment care plan audit tool. Published: January 2005 Summary: Care planning audit tool. |
 | Title: Honos Plus Version 6 Published: February 2004 Summary: Scale for measuring patients needs, developed to aid in the process of establishing care pathways and appropriate packages of care, designed as a Triangle Assessment and monitoring tool. |
 | Title: CDST Published: July 2004 Summary: A clinical decision support tool, intended to help promote more consistent and appropriate packages of care, defined by people's honos-plus score. |
 | Title: St Ann's Initial Assessment Published: April 2004 Summary: Introductory set of questions for the St Ann’s Initial Nursing Assessment Interview Schedule. |
 | Title: Semi-structured interview schedule Published: February 2004 Summary: Introductory set of questions for the St Ann’s Semi-Structured Interview Schedule. |
 | Title: MANCAS Version 0.2 Published: 2001 Summary: The Manchester Care Assessment Schedule. MANCAS version 0.2. |
 | Title: KGV(M) Symptom Scale Published: 1998 Summary: The purpose of the KGV(M) is to enable the user to elicit, and to measure the severity of, those psychiatric symptoms that are most commonly experienced by people who have psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder. |
 | Title: Initial assessment Published: 1997 Summary: Initial assessment in psychosis is a training outlining on the importance of engagement, risk assessment and clinical assessment in initial assessment. This pack needs to be read as part of the range of packs across the whole pathway. It is a bit more than a 'to do' manual. |
 | Title: Delusion rating scale Published: 1994 Summary: The following structured interview is designed to elicit specific details regarding different dimensions of delusional beliefs. When asking questions, the interview is designed to rate the patient's experiences over the last week for the majority of items. |
 | Title: Auditory halucination rating scale Published: 1994 Summary: The following structured interview is designed to elicit specific details regarding different dimensions of auditory hallucinations. When asking questions, the interview is designed to rate the patient’s experiences over the last week for the majority of items. |
 | Title: TAG assessment Summary: Threshold Assessment Grid (TAG). A scoresheet to assess the severity of a person's mental health problems including a checklist for guidance. |
| Title: Clinician drug use scale Summary: Document to rate your client’s use of drugs over the past six months according to the following scale. If the person is in an institution, the reporting interval is the time period prior to institutionalisation. Evidence should be weighed from self-reports, interviews, behavioural observations and collateral reports (family, day center, community, etc.) in making this rating. |
 | Title: InPAC Learning to work effectively, safely and accurately Summary: InPAC (Integrated Packages Approach to Care) is an approach to care that provides a framework for integrating all aspects of service provision from commissioning service to providing an individual care plan for a service user. |
 | Title: Essential shared capabilties DRE pilot Summary: Essential Shared Capabilities Race Equality and Cultural Capability Pilot Programme. Outline of presentation includes: Background, The 10 Essential Shared Capabilities, The RECC Pilot Programme, Update on Project. |
 | Title: Consumer 1 Summary: The Ohio Self Assessment tool is a self assessment questionaire made up of 72 questions that have been developed by users of services in Ohio. They are well validated and respected by services, carers as well as users from many ethnic minority groups. Useful if it's developed with DREEM. |
 | Title: Pathways and Packages Training: Graphs Summary: Power point slide show - Graphic representations of Pathways and Packages Training. |
 | Title: Honos plus new scoring sheet ,12 monthly Summary: Honos Plus scoring sheet to be used in conjunction with Honos Plus manual version 5 (Feb 2002) only.
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 | Title: Algorithm Summary: Algorithm for supporting Honos Plus and engagement in one of the 13 care pathways. To be read alongside the clinical decision support tool summary and Honos Plus. |
 | Title: Assessment document audit Summary: Acute Care Collaborative: Assessment Audit documenting substance use - King's, London Development Centre For Mental Health. |
 | Title: Algorithms Summary: Document on management of the acute episode of schizophrenia and management in the early-post-acute phase. |
 | Title: Brief psychiatric rating scale form Summary: This form consists of 24 symptom constructs, each to be rated on a 7-point scale of severity ranging from 'not present' to 'extremely severe'. If a specific symptom is not rated, mark 'NA' (not assessed). Circle the number headed by the term that best describes the patients present condition. Title: Brief psychiatric rating scale (expanded) Summary: This section reproduces an interview schedule, symptom definitions, and specific anchor points for rating symptoms on the BPRS. Clinicians intending to use the BPRS should also consult the detailed guidelines for administration contained in the reference. |
 | Title: Cognitive Conceptualisation Summary: Powerpoint document on cognitive conceptualisation. |
| | Title: Detailed assessment Summary: Detailed assessment and initial care plan form for service users. |
 | Title: Voices diary 1 Summary: Form for recording a patients views and thoughts regarding hearing voices. |