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Development of a Clinician Report Measure to Assess Psychotherapy for Depression in Usual Care Settings

Authors: Kimberly A. Hepner, Francisca Azocar, Gregory L. Greenwood, Jeanne Miranda, M. Audrey Burnam

Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research | Issue 3/2010

Abstract

Although mental health policy initiatives have called for quality improvement in depression care, practical tools to describe the quality of psychotherapy for depression are not available. We developed a clinician-report measure of adherence to three types of psychotherapy for depression—cognitive behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy, and psychodynamic therapy. A total of 727 clinicians from a large, national managed behavioral health care organization responded to a mail survey. The measure demonstrated good psychometric properties, including appropriate item-scale correlations, internal consistency reliability, and a three-factor structure. Our results suggest that this questionnaire may be a promising approach to describing psychotherapy for depression in usual care.

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Title: Development of a Clinician Report Measure to Assess Psychotherapy for Depression in Usual Care Settings
Authors: Kimberly A. Hepner
Francisca Azocar
Gregory L. Greenwood
Jeanne Miranda
M. Audrey Burnam
Publication date: 01-05-2010
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research / Issue 3/2010
Print ISSN: 0894-587X
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3289
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-009-0249-4

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