Evaluating the treatment of emotionally disturbed adolescents.
The authors designed a scale, the Massachusetts Adolescent Level of Functioning Scale, for measuring the behavior of emotionally disturbed adolescents. Among the many uses of the scale are specifying a standard intervention for any given problem indicator and measuring the outcome. A pilot test demonstrated that the scale has broad applications for determining cost-effectiveness of programs and for improving service delivery.
D000293:Adolescent; D000299:Adolescent, Institutionalized / Q000523:psychology*; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*