Youth top problems: Using idiographic, consumer-guided assessment to identify treatment needs and to track change during psychotherapy

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 369-380

  Weisz, John R ^a,e   Chorpita, Bruce F ^b   Frye, Alice ^c   Ng, Mei Yi ^a   Lau, Nancy ^a   Bearman, Sarah Kate ^a   Ugueto, Ana M ^a   Langer, David A ^a   Hoagwood, Kimberly E ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Wellesley Centers for Women   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; children; psychotherapy; Top Problems; youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ECLECTICISM; FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PLAY THERAPY; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TOP PROBLEMS MEASURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958798456     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023307     Document Type: Article

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