This is a stateoftheart examination of various approaches to measuring andassessing client functioning and specific aspects of clients socialenvironments. It di... » 

This is a stateoftheart examination of various approaches to measuring andassessing client functioning and specific aspects of clients socialenvironments. It discusses numerous age groups and ethnic populations and makesuse of cuttingedge methodologies in its examinations of measuring depressionin children measuring the neighborhood from a childs perspective measuringand assessing family functioning measuring spirituality and measuringpsychosocial problems in seriously mentally ill families. Helpful tables ineach chapter make complex information easy to access and understand. Approachesto Measuring Human Behavior in the Social Environment is vital reading forsocial workers psychologists counselors marriage and family therapistspsychiatrists and researchers in these fields. «