title: The tripartite model and the Consumer Reports study.
abstract: This article relates the Consumer Reports (1995) study to the framework of the tripartite model of mental health and therapeutic outcomes (H. H. Strupp & S. W. Hadley, 1977) and calls attention to major unsolved problems in the assessment of therapeutic change. The model envisions three perspectives for evaluating outcomes: adaptive behavior (society), sense of well-being, and personality structure. The self-report perspective is viewed as having its own validity; however, it needs to be complemented by the other two perspectives of the model. Integration of the three perspectives has remained a somewhat elusive goal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA. strupphh@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Strupp
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010553:Personality Development; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011788:Quality of Life; D012917:Social Adjustment