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Paraprofessional and patient assessment criteria of patients' recovery: Why the discrepancy?
Author(s) -
Blackckman Sonia L.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198110)37:4<903::aid-jclp2270370441>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - psychology , mental health , mental state , psychiatry , clinical psychology
Explored parapofessionals' and patients' assessment criteria of therapeutic goals, especially patient recovery, in light of the increased use of mental health paraprofession in mental health settings. Patients ( N = 146) and psychiatric technic ans at a large state mental hospital were asked to make evaluative judgments about patients. The judgments were composed of four global ratings and 22 items that concerned behavior or inferences about behavior. Results indicate that psychiatric technicians utilize a multidimensional hierarchal decision model, while atients utilize a multidimensional hierachal decision model, while patients utilize a nidimensional and undifferentiated evaluation framwork. This incongruence could lead to problems for both patients and staff.