The British Journal of Psychiatry 132: 595-597 (1978)
© 1978 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
How should we measure outcome in psychotherapy?
M Adams
The problem of assessing outcome in psychotherapy is considered by
examining the experiment conducted by Bloch et al (1977). The experimental
design and statistical considerations in investigating psychotherapy
outcome are briefly examined. Tt is argued that attention should be
directed towards assessing the severity of patients' problems rather than
improvement after treatment.