Psychiatric treatment outcome research.
This paper considers the critical importance of the evaluation of effectiveness in the treatment of mental illness. Several problems related to this issue are enumerated and described. These include knowledge of the history of the disorder, the problem of defining therapy, political issues, and methodological approaches.
D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D012106:Research; D014481:United States