Re:Cognitive therapy inventories

In the "Comprehensive Casebook of Cognitive Therapy" (Arthur Freeman & Frank Datillio, ed. ISBN: 0-306-44069-5), Chapter Three centers on a Quality of Life Inventory developed by an American university, and how it can be useful in problem assessment and treatment planning. It measures life satisfaction in 17 domain areas and allows the client to indicate the relative importance of each of the domains to his or her overall happiness. If I remember correctly, it's been validated and all that happy stuff. (Wish I could remember more, but if you can get your hands on a copy of the book, all questions will be answered.)

Also, David Burns offers a package of diagnostic tools that you may find useful. According to his website, "They have outstanding psychometric properties. Nearly all have reliabilities above 90%, many above 95%. They also have excellent convergent and discriminant validity and are highly correlated with well established instruments." The cost is $189(US) for a single clinician, but that gets you unlimited reproduction rights. The package contains a huge number of diagnostic tools and various other checklists, tipsheets, and job aids. Go to his website at www.feelinggood.com, and click on the 'Toolkit' button to see all the topics that are covered.

I can't vouch for either of these personally, just passing along what I've read. Good luck to you, Jed.

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Re:Cognitive therapy inventories, by jed, 02/23/04

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