An agency-generated outcome measure.

This article describes the development of an original outcomes measurement scale titled Psychiatric Well-Being (PWB). The scale is a series of statements that are characteristics of the agency's product ofpsychiatric well-being for an adult population of persons with a serious psychiatric disorder, many of whom also have a substance abuse disorder. Validity, reliability, and internal consistency of the PWB scale have been determined The scale may be adapted directly to measuring outcomes of agencies serving similar populations or its characteristics may be modified for measurement use with other populations.