The clinical dropout: a view from the client's perspective.
When a client discontinues treatment after a short period, a common response is to consider treatment a failure and to blame the client, therapist, or agency. Results of this study indicate that dropouts experienced positive changes and used resources other than clinical services.
D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007615:Kansas; D010352:Patient Dropouts / Q000523:psychology*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires