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Book Reviews of Instrument Compendia

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Instruments can be found in a variety of collections, and are sometimes known as compendia. Printed compendia may be comprised of instruments bound by a common domain that is broad, such as instruments that measure health, or more specific, such as those that measure trauma. In addition, these books offer varying levels of information on items. That is, some may provide the entire instrument along with scoring instructions, while other books simply offer a sampling of items and instructions on acquiring the full instrument from a developer or test publisher. Inclusion of psychometric information also covers a spectrum, from no information to data on reliability, validity, factor analysis and normative data. Below are the reviews of compendia that were found by METRIC. If you know of compendia not listed here that may be relevant, let us know at HSRDWeb.Boston@va.gov.

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Title

Category
Assessing Psychological Trauma and PTSD Disease-specific > Mental Illness
Assessment Scales in Old Age Psychiatry Non-disease-specific
Comorbidity of Mood and Anxiety Disorders Non-disease-specific > Comorbidity
Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures, Vol. 7 Disease-specific and non-disease-specific
Geropsychology Assessment Resource Guide Non-disease-specific
Handbook of Social Functioning in Schizophrenia Disease-specific > Schizophrenia
Improving Outcomes in Heart Failure: An Interdisciplinary Approach Disease-specific > Myocardial Infraction / Congestive Heart Failure
Measurement Instruments in Clinical Ethics Organizational Variables
Measures for Clinical Practice: A Sourcebook, Vol. 1 and 2 Disease-specific; Non-disease-specific
Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes Non-disease-specific
Measuring Disease Non-disease-specific > Quality of Life
Measuring Health Non-disease-specific > Quality of life
Measuring Health: A Guide to Rating Scales and Questionnaires Non-disease-specific
Measuring Patient Changes in Mood, Anxiety, and Personality: Toward a Core Battery Non-disease-specific > Anxiety
Outcome Measures for Health Education and Other Health Care Interventions Non-disease specific
Physical Activities Assessments for Health-Related Research Non-disease-specific > Physical Activity
Prostate Cancer: Science and Clinical Practice Disease-specific > Prostate Cancer
Psychological Assessment of Adult Posttraumatic States Disease-specific > Mental Illness
Psychology Resource Guide for Assessment Instruments Non-disease specific
Sourcebook of Adult Assessment Strategies Non-disease-specific
Spinal Cord Injury Pain: Assessment, Mechanism, Management Disease-specific > Spinal Cord Injury
Survival Models and Data Analysis Non-disease-specific > Mortality/Survival
The Dementias: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Research Disease-specific > Alzheimer’s Disease/Dementia
Toward Enhanced Outcomes Measurement Disease-specific and non-disease-specific
Trauma Assessments: A Clinician’s Guide Disease-specific > Mental Illness