title: Current status of program evaluation efforts.
abstract: This article represents an overview of the various types of evaluation research conducted in the fields of crisis intervention, suicide prevention, and mental health in general. An attempt is made to classify it according to its content and purpose, and to assess the relative merit of each. Emphasis is on goal attainment and outcome type of evaluation.
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000592:standards*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D010380:Peer Review; D012107:Research Design; D000092864:Suicide Prevention