Full name of scale |
Camberwell Assessment of Need, short appraisal schedule(Phelan et al., 1995) |
Languages |
English, French, Mandarin, Swedish, Dutch, Greek, German, Danish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Persian, Polish, Thai |
Rater |
Clinician-rated |
Training |
No formal training needed
Training and consultation from an external expert possible: email researchintorecovery [at] nottingham.ac.uk |
Utility |
Suitable for both routine clinical practice and research
The clinical version (CAN-C): designed to be used by staff to plan patients' care; expecting CAN-C to be used as a routine instrument for initial assessments, the formulation of care plans and for regular case reviews.
The research version (CAN-R): primarily a mental health service evaluation tool; intended to be a service evaluation instrument |
Time to complete |
Within 30 minutes |
Cost/license |
No information found |
Phelan, M., Slade, M., Thornicroft, G., Dunn, G., Holloway, F., Wykes, T., … Hayward, P. (1995). The Camberwell Assessment of Need: The validity and reliability of an instrument to assess the needs of people with severe mental illness. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 167(5), 589–595. Follow this link for the article.