CANDID: Camberwell Assessment of Need for Adults with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
Kiriakos Xenitidis, Mike Slade, Graham Thornicroft and Nick Bouras
The Camberwell Assessment of
Need for Adults with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
(CANDID) assesses the needs of people with learning
disabilities and mental health problems. It is a modification of
the Camberwell Assessment of Need, the most widely used
needs assessment for people with severe mental health problems. The
CANDID assesses met and unmet needs in 25 areas, covering
a full range of social, physical health and mental health care
needs. The perspectives of staff, the service user and the informal
carer are each assessed, so that care planning is fully
informed.
Two versions have been
developed:
CANDID-R is the full version for
research use and CANDID-S is the short version for both clinical
and research use. Both versions are included in photocopiable form,
along with a training programme and full rating guidance.
CANDID has been rigorously
developed and tested by a multidisciplinary team at the Institute
of Psychiatry in London. It is suitable for use with adults with
all levels of learning disabilities, and will be of particular
interest to managers and mental health care staff who wish to meet
their legal requirement to undertake a comprehensive assessment of
need.
"Clearly written, well laid out, comprehensive and with just the
right level of detail, it should make the introduction of this
measure into a service's practice as smooth as possible."
Journal of Intellectual
Disability Research
Contents
Acknowledgements
Contributors
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
2 . Needs assessment in learning disabilities mental health
services
3 . Development of the Camberwell Assessment of Need for Adults
with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (CANDID)
4. Using the CANDID–S
5. Using the CANDID–R
6. Training for the CANDID
7. Guidance on rating
8. References
Appendix 1 - CANDID–S (in form
designed for photocopying)
Appendix 2 - CANDID–R (in form designed for photocopying)
Appendix 3 - CANDID–R rating sheets
Appendix 4 - Training overheads
Appendix 5 - Training vignettes
Appendix 6 - CANDID reliability and validity