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How Should We Measure Outcome in Psychotherapy?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Malcolm Adams
Malcolm Adams*
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow, Department of Psychological Medicine, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF
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Summary

The problem of assessing outcome in psychotherapy is considered by examining the experiment conducted by Bloch et al (1977). The experimental design and statistical considerations in investigating psychotherapy outcome are briefly examined. It is argued that attention should be directed towards assessing the severity of patients problems rather than improvement after treatment.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 132 , Issue 6 , June 1978 , pp. 595 - 597
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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