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