Do we know when our clients get worse? An investigation of therapists' ability to detect negative client change

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-32

  Hatfield, Derek ^a   McCullough, Lynn ^a   Frantz, Shelby H B ^a   Krieger, Kenin ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Hamilton Center Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Client deterioration; Clinical judgment and decision making; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFFECT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77249174516     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.656     Document Type: Article

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