Therapist-Specific Factors and Psychotherapy Outcomes of Adult and Youth Clients Seen in a Psychology Training Clinic

The current study investigated therapist demographic and level of experience in relation to psychotherapy outcomes for adult and child clients. The OQ-45 and Y-OQ 2.01 were used to assess outcomes for 199 adults and 169 youth clients seen for psychotherapy by graduate-level student therapists. Analy...

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Published in:Administration and policy in mental health and mental health services research 2017-09, Vol.44 (5), p.681-690
Main Authors: Prout, Kerry K., DeBerard, M. Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adults
Age Factors
Antipsychotic Agents - therapeutic use
Change agents
Child
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Clinical Psychology
Clinical significance
Correlation coefficients
Demographics
Deterioration
Educational Status
Gender
Health Administration
Health Informatics
Humans
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental Disorders - drug therapy
Mental Disorders - therapy
Mental health care
Original Paper
Professional-Patient Relations
Psychiatry
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy - methods
Psychotherapy - statistics & numerical data
Public Health
Quality of Health Care
Reviews
Sex Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Statistical analysis
Therapists
Youth
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Summary:The current study investigated therapist demographic and level of experience in relation to psychotherapy outcomes for adult and child clients. The OQ-45 and Y-OQ 2.01 were used to assess outcomes for 199 adults and 169 youth clients seen for psychotherapy by graduate-level student therapists. Analyses included calculation of Pearson correlation coefficients for each therapist-specific factors (e.g., therapist age, sex) and total score change amount on the OQ-45/Y-OQ 2.01 by treatment outcome subgroup (e.g., clinically significant change, reliable improvement, no change, or deterioration). For adults, a statistically significant relationship was found between improved outcomes and therapist having previously obtained clinical master’s degree ( r  = 0.276, p  
ISSN:0894-587X
1573-3289
DOI:10.1007/s10488-017-0798-x