| resumeang: Utilized a naturalistic methodology to examine treatment responses (TRs) associated with major psychotherapeutic methods (individual, parent-child, family, parent guidance, and group therapy) in 150 youth (aged 11-17 yrs) in a community mental health center. Treatment methods were not experimentally controlled but were measured retrospectively by therapist report. TR was assessed by a composite of 6 measures completed by clients, parents, and therapists. Pretest/posttest comparisons indicated improved functioning in the sample as a whole. TR was not related to the proportion of therapy using individual, family, or group modalities. TR was positively associated with extent of use of cognitive therapy. Social skills training, behavior therapy, and family systems therapy were associated with more positive TR in some subgroups of clients. The number of approaches used in an individual case (technical eclecticism) was positively related to TR. TR was more consistently related to level of client and parent functioning in therapy than to treatment method. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2000 APA, all rights reserved): |
