Providing patient progress information and clinical support tools to therapists: Effects on patients at risk of treatment failure

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 638-647

  Simon, Witold ^a   Lambert, Michael J ^b   Harris, Mitchell W ^c   Busath, Gregory ^b   Vazquez, Aaron ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Salt Lake Valley Mental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

client deterioration; clinical support tools; evidence based practice; psychotherapy; psychotherapy quality assurance; therapist client feedback; treatment failure; treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL WORK; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869170604     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2012.698918     Document Type: Article

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