Fundamentals of Psychiatric Treatment Planning

From its inception, this model has offered a well-tuned, sensible approach that many clinicians, facilities, and treatment teams have found helpful in their efforts to develop good treatment plans. The model allows for flexibility in the degree of specificity of the documentation -- depending on the anticipated length of stay, the thoroughness of the rest of the charting related to treatment progress, the clinical style of the treatment team, and the time constraints they face. One improvement noted in this edition is that the model now more clearly incorporates the nursing care plan into the master treatment plan to eliminate redundancy and to increase the nurse's participation in interdisciplinary treatment planning. Stacey Dixon, Ph.D., Psychiatric Services Overall, this is an excellent book for treatment planners in the healthcare professions that directly administer or provide healthcare services to patients. Elaine M. Scorza, MS, RN, APN, BC, Doody's Book Reviews