title: Effects of providing domain specific progress monitoring and feedback to therapists and patients on outcome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Progress monitoring and feedback reduces the number of patients deteriorating in psychotherapy. The current study examined the effects of providing treatment progress information to therapists and patients using individual feedback of both wellbeing and affective psychological distress compared to feedback of wellbeing alone.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample comprised 845 consecutive psychiatric day-hospital admissions using a historical cohort design. The effects of monitoring and feedback of wellbeing in Cohort 1 were compared against the effects of monitoring and feedback of both wellbeing and affective psychological distress in Cohort 2.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients who were "not-on-track" in Cohort 2 demonstrated significantly greater improvement for affective psychological distress than those from Cohort 1.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that providing feedback from multiple sources enhances patient outcomes in comparison to single source feedback.
authors.affiliation: a School of Psychology , The University of Western Australia , Crawley , WA , Australia.
authors.forename: Kale
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dyer
authors.affiliation: a School of Psychology , The University of Western Australia , Crawley , WA , Australia.|b Perth Clinic , West Perth , WA , Australia.
authors.forename: Geoff R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Hooke
authors.affiliation: a School of Psychology , The University of Western Australia , Crawley , WA , Australia.|b Perth Clinic , West Perth , WA , Australia.
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Page
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D030141:Feedback, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: cognitive behavior therapy; group psychotherapy; outcome research