Efficacy of immediate patient feedback in emergency psychiatry: A randomized controlled trial in a crisis intervention & brief therapy team

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Van Oenen, Flip J ^a   Schipper, Suzy ^a   Van, Rien ^a   Schoevers, Robert ^b   Visch, Irene ^a   Peen, Jaap ^a   Dekker, Jack ^a,c  

^a Arkin ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crisis intervention; Efficacy; Outcome monitoring; Patient feedback; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HELPING ALLIANCE QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL PATIENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME QUESTIONNAIRE 45; OUTCOME RATING SCALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SESSION RATING SCALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THERAPY EFFECT;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84889022159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-331     Document Type: Article

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