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Lending an Ear to Feedback Systems: Evaluation of Recovery and Non-Response in Psychotherapy in a German Outpatient Setting

Authors: Wolfgang Lutz, Jan R. Böhnke, Katharina Köck

Published in: Community Mental Health Journal | Issue 3/2011

Abstract

Systems providing feedback on treatment progress have been implemented in outpatient psychotherapy. They are recognized as a helpful tool to identify possible treatment failures. This report presents the ideas underlying the planning of feedback interventions and the implementation of such programs into practice settings. Strategies to identify patients at risk for treatment failure (rationally- and empirically-derived decision rules) are presented. Additionally, evidence for the usefulness of feedback systems is discussed. The report ends with the description of an ongoing feedback intervention study in private practices in Germany (aimed at gathering information on 400 therapists with 2,000 patients).

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Title: Lending an Ear to Feedback Systems: Evaluation of Recovery and Non-Response in Psychotherapy in a German Outpatient Setting
Authors: Wolfgang Lutz
Jan R. Böhnke
Katharina Köck
Publication date: 01-06-2011
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Community Mental Health Journal / Issue 3/2011
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9307-3

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