Attrition in Psychotherapy: A Survival Analysis

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 803-815

  Roseborough, David John ^a   McLeod, Jeffrey T ^b   Wright, Florence I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

attrition; community mental health; deterioration; dropout; longitudinal; outcome questionnaire (OQ 45.2); outpatient psychotherapy; premature termination; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; OUTPATIENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84988848338     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731515569073     Document Type: Article

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