Implementation of a computer assisted treatment planning and outcome evaluation system in a forensic psychiatric hospital.
This article describes the implementation of a computer assisted treatment planning and outcome evaluation process in a forensic psychiatric state hospital with a census of approximately 1000 patients. This process utilizes standardized assessment measures of patient functioning and facilitates the assignment of treatment activities that are explicitly related to assessed deficits. Beyond individual patient treatment planning, data generated in the course of computer assisted treatment planning are used in conjunction with other sources of datafor outcome evaluation and program development.
Vess
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Atascadero State Hospital, California 93423, USA. jvess@dmhash.state.ca.us
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D000328:Adult; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome