title: Perceived treatment difficulty and therapeutic alliance on an adolescent psychiatric hospital unit.
abstract: On an 8-bed adolescent psychiatric unit, 69 patients were rated over the course of more than one year [corrected]. A set of rating scales was used to determine the relationships of treatment and therapeutic alliance difficulties with staff ratings of patient qualities, family issues, and treatment outcome. Findings underscore the clinical relevance of treatment difficulty and therapeutic alliance in conceptualizing the therapeutic action of the hospital treatment.
authors.affiliation: Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kan.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Colson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cornsweet
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: O'Malley
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Hyland
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McParland
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Coyne
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D012931:Social Environment