The authors describe the development of a theory-driven assessment and research protocol at the Adolescent Treatment Program of The Menninger Clinic. First, the theoretical framework behind a mentalization-based model for assessment and treatment is described. Next, the process whereby measures were selected to operationalize key components of the mentalization-based model is discussed, includi...

Informed consent plays a major role in forming a therapeutic alliance with the patient. The informed consent process has evolved from simple consent, in which the surgeon needed only to obtain the patient's permission for a procedure, into informed consent, in which the surgeon provides the patient with information about clinically salient features of a procedure, the patient understands this i...

Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) combine the number of people affected by disease or mortality in a population and the duration and severity of their condition into one number. The environmental burden of disease is the number of DALYs that can be attributed to environmental factors. Environmental burden of disease estimates enable policy makers to evaluate, compare and prioritize dissimi...

Postanesthesia discharge decision making is a challenging process due to the high complexity and variability of care provided to postoperative patients. We built an ontology-based decision support system that generates discharge recommendations for patients who have undergone surgical procedures. Discharge decisions are made based on patient vitals, symptoms, medical history and details of the ...

An interactive procedure for group decision-making problems is presented in this paper. The procedure is based on the aspiration theory and utilizes both satisficing and optimizing approaches. The possibility of decision-makers forming coalitions is taken into account. The outcome of the modelled decision process is a compromise decision which can fulfill fairness and equity criteria. The compr...

In multi-attribute group decision making (MAGDM) problems, decision attributes of alternatives are often considered as with quantitative and qualitative information. Therefore decision making problems may include preference information in different formats. In this paper, a multi-attribute group decision making model based on numerical and uncertain linguistic information is investigated. Uncer...

making decision has become one of the most challenging responsibilities of managers in recent decades. finding the optimum solution for multiple criteria decision making problems is complicated. notably, multiplicity of decision making indices accompanied by variability in quantitative and qualitative measures aggregates the complexity of decisions. operations research (or) and multiple criteri...