Errors in treatment outcome monitoring: Implications for real-world psychotherapy

Canadian Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-114

  McAleavey, Andrew A ^a   Nordberg, Samuel S ^a   Kraus, David ^b   Castonguay, Louis G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Behavioral Health Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Psychotherapy; The treatment outcome package (TOP); Treatment outcome monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874336094     PISSN: 07085591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027833     Document Type: Conference Paper

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