Patterns of Symptomatic Recovery in Psychotherapy

Using the psychotherapy dosage model in which effect was probability of recovery, this study compared treatment response rates for psychological symptoms. Symptom checklists were administered to 854 psychotherapy outpatients at intake and during treatment. Sixty-two symptoms were grouped into 3 clas...

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Published in:Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 1994-10, Vol.62 (5), p.1009-1016
Main Authors: Kopta, Stephen Mark, Howard, Kenneth I, Lowry, Jenny L, Beutler, Larry E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Chronic Disease
Client Characteristics (Human Services)
Clients
Distress
Female
Human
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental Disorders - therapy
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Outcomes of Treatment
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapeutic Outcomes
Psychotherapies. Psychological and clinical counseling
Psychotherapy
Recovery
Severity of Illness Index
Symptoms
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Therapy
Treatment Outcome
Treatments
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Summary:Using the psychotherapy dosage model in which effect was probability of recovery, this study compared treatment response rates for psychological symptoms. Symptom checklists were administered to 854 psychotherapy outpatients at intake and during treatment. Sixty-two symptoms were grouped into 3 classes on the basis of probit analysis results. Chronic distress symptoms demonstrated the fastest average response rate, whereas characterological symptoms demonstrated the slowest. Acute distress symptoms showed the highest average percentage of patients recovered across doses. A typical outpatient needed about a year of psychotherapy to have a 75% chance of symptomatic recovery. The model holds promise for establishing guidelines for the financing of psychotherapy.
ISSN:0022-006X
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/0022-006X.62.5.1009