The Selection and Use of Clinical Rating Instruments in Child Psychiatric Nursing

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Sources for Selected Interview Schedules and Rating Scales

Structured Interviews Child Assessment Schedule (CM) Source: Kay Hodges, PhD

Department of Psychology Eastern Michigan University 537 Mark Jefferson, Ypsilanti, MI 48197

Semistrudured Interviews Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-age Children (K-SADS) Source: Neal Ryan, MD

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic University of Pittsburg School of Medicine 3811 OHara Street, Pittsburg, PA 15213

Childmn’s Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scales CY-BOCS) Source: Mark A. Riddle, MD or Larry %dull, h4SN,

MPH Yale Child Study Center 230 South Frontage Road, New Haven, CT 06510

Parent Checklists Child Behavior Checkkt (CBCL) Source: Thomas Achenbach, PhD

University Associates in Psychiatry One South Rpspect Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Conners Parent Rating Scale (CPRS) Some: Multi-Health Systems 908 Niagara Falls Blvd, North Tonowanda, W 14120

Teacher Checklists Conners Teacher Rating Scale (CTRS) Source: Multi-Health Systems

908 Niagara Falls Blvd, North Tonowanda, NY 14120

Child Self-ReportsRe&ed Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) Some: Western Psychological Services

12031 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025 Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI)

Western Psychiatric Lnstitute and C h i c University of Pittsburg School of Medicine 3811 OHara Street, Pittsburg, PA 15213

Source: Mana Kovacs, PhD

continued fim page 32 detriment of chddren for the benefits of tax cuts for the wealthy. These are indeed treacherous times for access to the basics of food, health care, housing for the chddren of poverty or struggling families.

Nurses, indeed all citizens and voters must not lose vigdance on the issues. Keep a close eye on state gaps in funding and coverage for those you care fo:. There will be actions which need to be evaluated for direct impact on children’s development, health and economic well- being The importance of having enough providers and services is critical. Cost management measures and polit- ical footballs must not be allowed to conflict with the basics of quality mental and physical care.

Above all, the reality of the current landscape, calls for a unified, united nursing front. Nursing practice as we know it wdl look different in the short term. Psychiatric nurses must be together in seeking the avenues to pro- vide service and care. Other colleagues in the profession must be invited and engaged in forstalhg the decrease or dismantling of programs for children and youth.

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Yankelovich, D., & Immerwah, J. (1991). A Perception Gap. H M Q 3ri qimrter, 11-14.

Wright-Edeleman, M. (1995, March 30). Mornirig tiem. Los Angeles: Fox.

Lutz, S. (1995 January 23). For real reform, watch the states. Modem Health Care, 31-35.

Cunningham, P., & Hahn, B. (1994). The changing American family: Implications for children‘s health insurance coverage and the use of ambulatory care services. 77w Future of Children, Critiral Health Issues for Children and hirth, 4(3), 24-42.

Wehr, J., & Jameson, J. (1994). Beyond benefits: The importance of a pediatric standard in private insurance contracts to ensure health care access for children. The Future of Children, Critical Health Issires for Childreti and Yoiith, 4(3), 115-133.

Sarah Stanley, MS, RN, CNA, CS Senior Policy Analyst

Department of Practice, Economics, and Policy Americaii Nurses Association

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