Therapist effectiveness: Implications for accountability and patient care

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-276

  Kraus, David R ^a,b   Castonguay, Louis ^b   Boswell, James F ^b   Nordberg, Samuel S ^b   Hayes, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a Behavioral Health Laboratories   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health services research; Outcome research

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 79957860182     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2011.563249     Document Type: Article

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