Survey of psychiatric treatment effectiveness in a medical student clinic.
Eighty patients, from four university-based psychiatric outpatient departments, were seen for four to six weeks by medical students. Eighty-two percent of the patients reported "some" to "marked" improvement. The four groups were studied to determine significant variables. A mutually positive attitude between patient and therapist appeared to be the only significant factor.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003379:Countertransference; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013337:Students, Medical; D013997:Time Factors; D014167:Transference, Psychology