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Mental health attitudes and treatment expectations as treatment variables
Author(s) -
Bowden Charles L.,
Schoenfeld Lawrence S.,
Adams Russell L.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198007)36:3<653::aid-jclp2270360307>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - psychopathology , pessimism , mental health , psychology , psychiatry , mental illness , clinical psychology , philosophy , epistemology
Evaluated 60 patients just before their initial assessment in a community mental health clinic. A series of questions about mental health attitudes and treatment expectation were asked each patient. The Psychiatric Evaluation Form was administered both before evaluation and after five treatment visits. Patients with harsh, pessimistic views about mental illness had more severe psychopathology and did less well over the period of follow‐up. Expectation of medication was associated strongly with lower education, greater severity of illness, lower satisfaction with treatment, greater frequency of dropping out of treatment, and less improvement.