CAN-M: Camberwell Assessment of Need for Mothers
Louise Howard, Katherine Hunt, Mike Slade, Veronica O’Keane, Trudi Seneviratne, Morven Leese, Graham Thornicroft and Malcolm Wiseman
The Camberwell Assessment of Need for Mothers (CAN–M) is a tool
for assessing the needs of pregnant women and mothers with severe
mental illness. It is a modification of the Camberwell Assessment
of Need, the most widely used needs assessment for people with
severe mental health problems. The CAN–M assesses met and unmet
needs in 26 areas, covering a full range of social, physical health
and mental health domains. The perspectives of staff and service
users are assessed so that care planning is fully informed.
Comprehensive versions are included for research and for clinical
use, as well as a short summary version suitable for both clinical
and research use.
The CAN–M has been rigorously developed by a
multidisciplinary team at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s
College London, and is suitable for use in mental health, obstetric
and primary care settings. This book includes a review of the needs
of pregnant women and mothers with severe mental illness, the
rating scales, descriptions of how they were developed and their
psychometric properties, administration details, a full training
programme, guidance on scoring and blank assessment forms (for all
three versions) for photocopying.
"CAN-M: Does exactly what it says
on the tin...and should ultimately improve the care for this
vulnerable service user group. ...The tools themselves are
devoid of any medical or professional jargon so ideally any
healthcare professional should be able to use them. ...In the field
of perinatal mental health, this is one CAN that's long overdue and
I hope professionals will open the lid and get stuck in."
- Disability,
Pregnancy & Parenthood International
Contents
Introduction
- Needs assessment - Mike
Slade
- The needs of women with
mental health problems during pregnancy and the postnatal period -
Louise Howard and Veronica O’Keane
- The needs of severely
mentally ill mothers with children - Louise Howard and
Katherine Hunt
- The impact of maternal
mental illness on the developing child - Malcolm
Wiseman
- The development of the
CAN–M - Katherine Hunt and Louise Howard
- Guidance on rating -
Katherine Hunt and Louise Howard
- Scoring the CAN–M -
Katherine Hunt and Louise Howard
- Training for use of the
CAN–M - Katherine Hunt and Louise Howard
References
Index
Appendix 1: Coversheet for
all versions of the Camberwell Assessment of Need for Mothers
(CAN–M)
Appendix 2: Camberwell
Assessment of Need for Mothers (Clinical version) – CAN–M (C)
Appendix 3: Camberwell
Assessment of Need for Mothers (Research version) – CAN–M (R)
Appendix 4: Camberwell
Assessment of Need for Mothers (Short Appraisal Schedule version) –
CAN–M (S)
Appendix 5: CAN–M (C)
Assessment summary score sheets
Appendix 6: CAN–M (R)
Assessment summary score sheet
Appendix 7: Training
overheads
Appendix 8: Training
vignettes
Other CAN variants
CAN: Camberwell
Assessment of Need
1999 £45.00
CANDID: Camberwell
Assessment of Need for Adults with Developmental and Intellectual
Disabilities
2003 £75.00
CANFOR: Camberwell
Assessment of Need - Forensic Version
2003 £75.00
CANE: Camberwell
Assessment of Need for the Elderly
2004 £80.00