Calculating clinically significant change: Applications of the Clinical Global Impressions (CGI) Scale to evaluate client outcomes in private practice

Clinical Psychologist

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 107-111

  Kelly, Peter James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical counselling psychology; clinically significant change; outcome evaluation; private practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249276192     PISSN: 13284207     EISSN: 17429552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13284207.2010.512015     Document Type: Article

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