Feedback and therapist effects in the context of treatment outcome and treatment length

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 647-660

  Lutz, Wolfgang ^a   Rubel, Julian ^a   Schiefele, Anne Katharina ^a   Zimmermann, Dirk ^a   Böhnke, Jan Rasmus ^b   Wittmann, Werner W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

attitudes towards feedback; feedback effects; patient reported outcome; patient focussed (psychotherapy) research; therapist effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 84943451124     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2015.1053553     Document Type: Article

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