title: Psychotherapy outcome and quality improvement: introduction to the special section on patient-focused research.
abstract: This article introduces the special section of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology on patient-focused research for improving the outcome of psychological therapies. After a discussion of the context, promise, and problems associated with this research domain, an overview of the contributions is offered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA. michael_lambert@byu.edu
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lambert
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care