A computerized approach to cognitive behavioural assessment: an introduction to CBA-2.0 primary scales
Bertolotti, G.; Zotti, A.M.; Michielin, P.; Vidotto, G.; Sanavio, E.
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 21(1): 21-27
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0005-7916 PMID: 2197296 Document Number: 361522
The Cognitive Behavioural Assessment-2.0 (CBA-2.0) Primary Scales is an automated assessment package investigating the cognitive-verbal response system. It consists of: (1) self-reports and questionnaires aimed at identifying and specifying patients' problems; (2) a group of programs and logical rules, implemented on personal computers, providing an editor with items, questionnaire scoring and an analysis of responses; (3) an intelligent program which analyzes the responses emerging from the questionnaires and forms hypotheses for the selection of Secondary Scales and for further assessment. The package is part of a research project aimed at reducing part of the decision-making process to an operational language and stimulating behavioral therapists decisions in cases of clinical assessment.