HOW IMPORTANT IS THE ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL SKILLS IN CURRENT LONG-STAYINPATIENTS - AN EVALUATION OF CLINICAL-RESPONSE TO NEEDS FOR ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT, AND CARE IN A LONG-STAY PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENT POPULATION

Authors
PRYCE IG GRIFFITHS RD GENTRY RM HUGHES ICT MONTAGUE LR WATKINS SE CHAMPNEYSMITH J MCLACKLAND BM
Citation
Ig. Pryce et al., HOW IMPORTANT IS THE ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL SKILLS IN CURRENT LONG-STAYINPATIENTS - AN EVALUATION OF CLINICAL-RESPONSE TO NEEDS FOR ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT, AND CARE IN A LONG-STAY PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENT POPULATION, British Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 1993, pp. 498-502
Citations number
8
Journal title
British Journal of Psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071250
Volume
162
Year of publication
1993
Pages
498 - 502
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1250(1993)162:<498:HIITAO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Service response to problems in 20 clinical and social competence area s was assessed in 156 long-stay in-patients using the Needs for Care A ssessment (NFC). Although there were few unmet needs for treatment, ov er 200 instances of unmet needs for the assessment of social skills we re found, and reasons for this are discussed, as is the importance of social-skills assessment in this group. In around a third of the sampl e most of the social-skill areas in the NFC were not applicable.