Assessing the Needs of the Community Support Program Target Population: Selected Methods for National and State Application

摘要

The report reviews existing needs assessment data and methods relevant to programs for the chronically mentally ill. It discusses the strengths and weaknesses and related utility of the data or methods for defining the size, characteristics, and service needs and problems of the chronically mentally ill. Electic needs assessment methods are defined for application at the national and state levels. The definitions include research design and sampling considerations, data collection and analytic techniques, and estimates of the resources required to effect the methods. The report includes copies of selected instruments, a list of persons to contact for more information on each of the methods reviewed, and an extensive bibliography on the subject.