Garf Assessment Sourcebook : Using the DSM-IV

The GARF Assessment Sourcebook is a comprehensive guide to the Global Assessment of Relational Functioning (GARF) scale for family assessment. This comprehensive guide to the GARF is an essential tool for practicing professionals as well as students in training programs. It provides a thorough description of each element of the GARF, a comprehensive review of the GARF in relation to other marriage and family assessment tools, summaries of GARF research, and a comprehensive appendix of reproducible GARF-related forms. The GARF Assessment Sourcebook challenges marriage and family therapists to use, evaluate, and refine the GARF so that it may be included in the main portion of the next revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). As managed care becomes more pervasive and providers start giving more direction over treatment options, the GARF will become an important new tool in family mental health treatment to assist clinicians who are struggling to improve services andjustify their work to the broader health-care community.

Foreword

vii

(2)

Preface

ix

Chapter 1. A Multi-Systems Approach: Collaborating for Health Through Systems Theory

1

(8)

Purpose and Readers' Guide

1

(2)

Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) Evolution

3

(2)

Futuristic Partnering with Systemic Business Principles

5

(4)

Chapter 2. DSM-IV: GARF

9

(26)

Defining the GARF

9

(5)

Historical Development

14

(2)

Collecting and Analyzing GARF Data

16

(18)

Summary

34

(1)

Chapter 3. Systemic Assessment Tools

35

(10)

Assessment in the Therapeutic Process

35

(2)

MFT Models Distinguished

37

(2)

Value Added: Providing Quality Clinical Services

39

(1)

Skills Summary for MFT Clinicians: A Quality Assessment Tool

40

(5)

Chapter 4. Putting GARF Assessment into Clinical Context

45

(32)

Rating Initial Session GARFs

46

(3)

GARF as an Outcome and Process Instrument

49

(7)

GARF Self-Report Instrument as a Process/Outcome Tool

56

(1)

Other Applications of the GARF as an Outcome/Process Tool

57

(1)

Expanded Case Example--The Rodriguez Family

58

(15)

Ethical Guidelines for Use of the GARF

73

(3)

Summary

76

(1)

Chapter 5. Comparison with Other Family Assessment Tools

77

(18)

Foundations for the GARF

77

(4)

Model Highlights: Beavers System, Circumplex, and McMaster Models

81

(10)

Newly Developed Related Assessment Tools: SAFE and GAS

91

(3)

Clinical Interview Assessment Tools: Impact on the GARF

94

(1)

Chapter 6. GARF in Multi-Systems Partnering

95

(14)

Meeting the Needs of Stakeholders

95

(2)

Applying Business Principles to Clinical Practice

97

(1)

Establishing a Record System for Outcome Data: Agency/Solo Practice

98

(9)

Future Challenges for GARF Users: Clinicians, Business Managers, and Educators

107

(2)

References

109

(4)

Appendixes

113

(52)

Appendix A. Systemic MFT Skill Development Scale

115

(2)

Appendix B. GARF Training and Record Keeping Charts

117

(4)

DSM-IV Description

118

(1)

Levels of Functioning by Sub-Scales

119

(1)

GARF Profile Chart

120

(1)

Appendix C. Developed GARF Tools

121

(6)

GARF Self-Report for Families

122

(2)

Goal Attainment Scale (GARF Version)

124

(3)

Appendix D. Systemic Assessment of the Family Environment (SAFE)

127

(18)

Appendix E. Record Keeping Forms Including GARF Ratings

145

(6)

Coded Research Case Notes

146

(2)

Clinical Case Notes

148

(1)

Therapist Periodic Assessment

149

(1)

Supervision Case Presentation Guidelines

150

(1)

Appendix F. Clinic Research/Clinical Forms Not Including GARF Ratings

151

(14)

Clinic Client Intake Form

152

(2)

Intake Form

154

(1)

Contact Summary Sheet

155

(1)

Duty to Warn

156

(1)

Permission for Consultation/Taping/Research

157

(1)

Consent for the Release of Confidential Information

158

(1)

Parental Release Form

159

(1)

No Suicide Contract

160

(1)

Contract for Non-Violence

161

(1)

Termination Form

162

(1)

Family's Evaluation of Services

163

(2)

Index

165

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Garf Assessment Sourcebook : Using the DSM-IV Global Assessment of Relational Functioning

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