Therapists' recall of early sudden gains in routine clinical practice.
This study followed up one by Stiles et al. (2003), which identified sudden gains -- large reductions from one session to the next on a short form of clinical outcomes in routine evaluation outcome measure (CORE-SF) -- by some clients in routine clinical practice. We interviewed the therapists who had treated sudden gain and non-sudden gain clients. Results showed that therapists could retrospectively identify which clients had or had not experienced sudden CORE-SF gains at substantially better than chance rates, although they identified only about half of the clients who had experienced such gains.
Davies
Lene
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South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust, UK.
Leach
Chris
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Lucock
Mike
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Stiles
William B
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Iveson
Steve
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Barkham
Michael
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies