Overview
The social climate in settings such as forensic psychiatric hospitalsand prisons is crucial to their success. The Essen Climate EvaluationSchema (EssenCES) described here is a short, well-validated questionnairethat measures three essential facets of an institution's socialatmosphere. An overview of the EssenCES is followed by detailedadvice on how to administer and score it and how to interpret findings,as well as reference norms from various countries and types of institutions.The EssenCES ""manual and more"" is thus a highly useful toolfor researchers, clinicians, and service managers working in forensicsettings.
Full Product Details
Author: Norbert Schalast ,
Matthew Tonkin
Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing
Imprint: Hogrefe Publishing
ISBN: 9780889374812
ISBN 10: 0889374813
Pages: 108
Publication Date: 09 February 2016
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This manual is a very readable account not only of how to administer and interpret the EssenCES but also of ways to improve the therapeutic climate on a ward or prison wing. All clinicians and researchers who want to help make forensic treatment environments safe and effective should buy this book.;Mary McMurran, PhD, Professor of Personality Disorder Research, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, UK
This manual is a very readable account not only of how to administer and interpret the EssenCES but also of ways to improve the therapeutic climate on a ward or prison wing. All clinicians and researchers who want to help make forensic treatment environments safe and effective should buy this book.; Mary McMurran, PhD, Professor of Personality Disorder Research, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, UK; An accessible resource providing structured guidance on the administration, scoring and interpretation of the Essen Climate Evaluation Schema (EssenCES) questionnaire. The manual delivers thought-provoking suggestions on how to improve, and indeed maintain the therapeutic climate on a psychiatric ward or prison wing. With reference to normative statistics from different institutions and across the globe, the text will not only help fill the void in this area of social climate research, but it will also assist clinicians to make informed decisions on the social and therapeutic atmosphere within their service. The inclusion of the EssenCES within the appendix is welcomed. I strongly recommend this manual for researchers and clinicians working in forensic services.; Dr Michael Lewis, PhD, Psychol Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Centre for Medicine, University of Leicester, UK;
Author Information
Norbert Schalast, PhD, is a psychologist andlicensed psychotherapist working as a projectmanager at the Institute of Forensic Psychiatry,University of Duisburg / Essen in Germany. A decade of therapeutic work at the department offorensic psychiatry of the Viersen State MentalHospital (LVR-Klinik Viersen) kindled his interestin the issue of institutional social climate.Matthew Tonkin, PhD, is a lecturer in forensicpsychology at Birmingham City University, UK. Hehas a wide range of research interests, includingvarious areas of investigative psychology and theassessment of social climate in secure settings.During his career he has been involved indeveloping and validating questionnaire measuresof social climate and in the monitoring of climatein secure settings.
