CANFOR: Camberwell Assessment of Need - Forensic Version

by Stuart Thomas

Overview

The Camberwell Assessment of Need - Forensic Version (CANFOR) is a tool for assessing the needs of people with mental health problems who are in contact with forensic services. It is based on the Camberwell Assessment of Need, a widely used needs assessment for people with severe mental health problems. Needs are assessed in twenty-five areas of life and cover a broad range of health, social, clinical and functional domains. Comprehensive versions are available for research (CANFOR-R) and clinical use (CANFOR-C), as well as a short summary version (CANFOR-S) suitable for both research and clinical use. CANFOR includes the rating scales, descriptions of how they were developed and their psychometric properties, administration details, a full training programme, guidance on scoring and blank assessment forms (for all three versions mentioned above) for photocopying. CANFOR has been rigorously developed by a multi-disciplinary team at the Institute of Psychiatry and is suitable for use in all forensic mental health and prison settings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781901242980
Publisher:	Royal College of Psychiatrists
Publication date:	06/01/2003
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 11.60(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Needs assessment; 3. Development of the Camberwell Assessment of Need - Forensic Version (CANFOR); 4. Practicalities of using the CANFOR scales; 5. Using the Camberwell Assessment of Need - Forensic Research Version (CANFOR-R); 6. Using the Camberwell Assessment of Need - Forensic Clinical Version CANFOR-C); 7. Using the Camberwell Assessment of Need - Forensic Short Version (CANFOR-S); 8. Training for CANFOR; 9. Frequently asked questions; 10. References; Appendix 1. CANFOR-R (in form designed for photocopying); Appendix 2. CANFOR-C (in form designed for photocopying); Appendix 3. CANFOR-S (in form designed for photocopying); Appendix 4. CANFOR-R and CANFOR-C assessment summary score sheets; Appendix 5. Training overheads.