Patient-focused and feedback research in psychotherapy: Where are we and where do we want to go?

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 625-632

  Lutz, Wolfgang ^a   De Jong, Kim ^b   Rubel, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

feedback; mediators and moderators; outcome management; patient focused research; routine outcome monitoring (ROM)

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 84943454599     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2015.1079661     Document Type: Editorial

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