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ArticleAdministration and policy in mental health2024

Routine Outcome Monitoring and Clinical Feedback in Psychotherapy: Recent Advances and Future Directions.

Andrew A McAleavey, Kim de Jong, Helene A Nissen-Lie, James F Boswell, Christian Moltu, Wolfgang Lutz

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Article in Administration and policy in mental health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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6 authors.

Andrew A McAleaveyHelse Førde Hospital Trust, Svanehaugvegen 2, Førde, 6812, Norway. andrew.athan.mcaleavey@helse-forde.no.ORCID 0000-0001-5986-2033
Kim de JongInstitute of Psychology, Clinical Psychology Unit, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7621-9290
Helene A Nissen-LieInstitute of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
James F BoswellDepartment of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6214-0787
Christian MoltuHelse Førde Hospital Trust, Svanehaugvegen 2, Førde, 6812, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-3269-6383
Wolfgang LutzDepartment of Psychology, University of Trier, Trier, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5141-3847

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the past decade, there has been an increase in research related to the routine collection and active use of standardized patient data in psychotherapy. Research has increasingly focused on personalization of care to patients, clinical skills and interventions that modulate treatment outcomes, and implementation strategies, all of which appear to enhance the beneficial effects of ROM and feedback. In this article, we summarize trends and recent advances in the research on this topic and identify several essential directions for the field in the short to medium term. We anticipate a broadening of research from the focus on average effects to greater specificity around what kinds of feedback, provided at what time, to which individuals, in what settings, are most beneficial. We also propose that the field needs to focus on issues of health equity, ensuring that ROM can be a vehicle for increased wellbeing for those who need it most. The complexity of mental healthcare systems means that there may be multiple viable measurement solutions with varying costs and benefits to diverse stakeholders in different treatment contexts, and research is needed to identify the most influential components in each of these contexts.

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PsychotherapyFeedbackHumansMental DisordersOutcome Assessment, Health CareClinical feedbackMeasurement-based carePsychotherapyRoutine outcome measurement

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PMID38329643
PMCPMC11076375

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