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Patient requests: Correlates and therapeutic implications for Hispanic, Black, and Caucasian patients
Author(s) -
Evans Leonard A.,
Acosta Frank X.,
Yamamoto Joe,
Hurwicz MargoLea
Publication year - 1986
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(198601)42:1<213::aid-jclp2270420136>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - psychology , outcome (game theory) , outpatient clinic , partial hospitalization , psychiatry , clinical psychology , medicine , mental health , mathematics , mathematical economics
A patient's reason for coming to a psychiatric outpatient clinic (his/her request for service) should be the focal point as a therapist develops an appropriate therapeutic plan for that patient. Data have been collected on 173 Hispanic, Black and Caucasian patients with regard to their reasons for coming to the clinic and selected demographic and process/outcome variables. A factor analysis of the patient request data generated three conceptual factors, which account for 13 reasons for coming to the clinic. The relationship of these factors with selected demographic and therapy outcome variables was tested statistically, and implications for therapy with low income and minority patients are discussed.