Specifying Criteria for Completion of Psychiatric Treatment
- 1 May 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of General Psychiatry
- Vol. 24 (5) , 441-447
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1971.01750110053009
Abstract
Three relatively simple procedures derived from the experimental analysis of behavior are described with clinical illustrations: (1) a specific, operational definition of the patient's problem; (2) a specific, operational definition of treatment goals; and (3) establishment of a system of measurement to determine direction and magnitude of change. Through systematic application to psychiatric treatment, these procedures are designed to provide an operational technology for evaluation of therapeutic effectiveness.Keywords
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