Assessing clinical significance of treatment outcomes using the dass-21

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1103-1110

  Ronk, Fiona R ^a   Korman, James R ^b   Hooke, Geoffrey R ^a,c   Page, Andrew C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Summit Medical Group   (United States)

^c Perth Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical significance; DASS 21; Inpatients; Outpatients; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE 21; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889094669     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033100     Document Type: Article

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