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Providing feedback to psychotherapists on their patients' progress: Clinical results and practice suggestions
Author(s) -
Lambert Michael J.,
Harmon Cory,
Slade Karstin,
Whipple Jason L.,
Hawkins Eric J.
Publication year - 2005
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/jclp.20113
Subject(s) - psychology , clinical practice , psychotherapist , psychoanalysis , medicine , nursing
We describe and illustrate our system to measure, monitor, and feed back information about patient treatment. This clinical innovation relies on research‐based clinical decision tools that provide psychotherapists with timely warnings when a patient's deviation from an expected treatment response foretells possible treatment failure. We summarize the results of four controlled studies using this methodology; the collective results suggest that measuring, monitoring, and predicting treatment failure (feedback) enhance treatment outcomes for patients who have a negative response. Clinicians are encouraged to employ these methods in routine practice despite their confidence in their own ability to predict patient outcome. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol/In Session.