Extreme deviations from expected recovery curves and their associations with therapeutic alliance, social support, motivation, and life events in psychosomatic in-patient therapy

Probst, Thomas and Lambert, Michael J. and Loew, Thomas H. and Dahlbender, Reiner W. and Tritt, Karin (2015) Extreme deviations from expected recovery curves and their associations with therapeutic alliance, social support, motivation, and life events in psychosomatic in-patient therapy. PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH, 25 (6). pp. 714-723. ISSN 1050-3307, 1468-4381

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Abstract

Objectives: Within the clinical support tools (CST) of the OQ-Analyst, the Assessment for Signal Cases (ASC) evaluates the therapeutic alliance, social support, motivation, and life events. We investigated whether the ASC covers domains of importance in treatment weeks with extreme deviations from expected recovery curves (ERCs). Methods: Psychosomatic in-patients were monitored weekly with the ASC and the Outcome Questionnaire (OQ-45). The ERCs of the OQ-45 empirical algorithm were used to define treatment weeks with extreme positive deviations (EPD), extreme negative deviations (END), or without extreme deviations (NO). Associations between the ASC scales and EPD as well as END were analyzed by multilevel models. Results: While each ASC scale was positively associated with EPD, only the social support and life events scales were negatively related to END. Conclusions: CSTs prioritizing social support and life events might be more effective in preventing treatment failure.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; SUDDEN GAINS; TREATMENT FAILURE; PATIENT PROGRESS; ROUTINE PRACTICE; INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENTS; CRITICAL SESSIONS; DEPRESSION; FEEDBACK; monitoring; clinical support tools; considerable change; psychotherapeutic process; psychosomatics
Subjects: 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology
Divisions: Psychology and Pedagogy > Institut für Psychologie
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 06 May 2019 08:20
Last Modified: 06 May 2019 08:20
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/4482

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