A computerized approach to cognitive behavioural assessment: an introduction to CBA-2.0 primary scales.
The Cognitive Behavioural Assessment-2.0 (CBA-2.0) Primary Scales is an automated assessment package investigating the cognitive-verbal response system. It consists of: (1) self-reports and questionnaires aimed at identifying and specifying patients' problems; (2) a group of programs and logical rules, implemented on personal computers, providing an editor with items, questionnaire scoring and an analysis of responses; (3) an intelligent program which analyzes the responses emerging from the questionnaires and forms hypotheses for the selection of Secondary Scales and for further assessment. The package is part of a research project aimed at reducing part of the decision-making process to an operational language and simulating behavioral therapists decisions in cases of clinical assessment.
Bertolotti
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Institute of Care and Research, Veruno, Italy.
Zotti
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Michielin
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Vidotto
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Sanavio
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D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005103:Expert Systems; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008838:Microcomputers; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011594:Psychometrics; D012984:Software