Inhaltsangabe1. Introduction.- 2. Statistical Methods for Measuring Outcomes.- 3. Global Function Scales.- 4. Satisfaction with Psychiatric Services.- 5. Instruments Measuring Family or Caregiver Burden in Severe Mental Illness.- 6. Measures of Quality of Life Among Persons with Severe and Persistent Mental Disorders.- 7. Quality of Mental Health Service Care: The Forgotten Pathway from Process to Outcome.- 8. Measuring Social Disabilities in Mental Health.- 9. SCAN (Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry) and the PSE (Present State Examination) Tradition.- 10. Mental Health Care Costs: Paucity of Measurement.- 11. Uses and Limits of Randomised Controlled Trials in Mental Health Service Research.- 12. Psychiatric Assessment Instruments Developed by the World Health Organization.- 13. The Composite International Diagnostic Interview: An Instrument for Measuring Mental Health Outcome?.- 14. Assessment Instruments in Psychiatry: Description and Psychometric Properties.- 15. Multi-dimensional Assessment of Outcome: The Analysis of Conditional Independence as an Integrated Statistical Tool to Model the Relationships Between Variables.- 16. Assessing Needs for Mental Health Services.- 17. Measuring Outcomes in Mental Health: Implications for Policy.