Optimizing diagnostic and treatment evolution assessment: Practice-oriented research.

FARFALLINI, LUIS; PERAITA, MARÍA BELEN; FERNANDO GARCÍA; GÓMEZ PENEDO, JUAN MARTÍN; ANDRES ROUSSOS; MUIÑOS, ROBERTO; HECTOR FERNANDEZ ALVAREZ

Buenos Aires

Congreso; 50th Annual International Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research July 3-6, 2019. Buenos Aires, Argentina; 2019

Society for Pscyhotherapy Research

Psychotherapy has been proved to be effective and efficient to treat mental disorders, helping to reduce their negative effects. The success of the treatment depends on an accurate diagnosis at intake and on follow up of the treatment´s evolution as informed by the Outcome Questionnaire -OQ-45 (Lambert et al. , 1996). The study is part of a collaborative project between Aigle Foundation and the University of Buenos Aires. The sample is composed by clients of the foundation. The aims of this project are the following: 1. analyze the diagnostic assessment of clients in order to find indicators of their possible evolution and the chance of treatment drop out; 2. optimize the assessment of the early response to therapy through statistical modeling in order to determine the evolution of severity within the first 5 therapy sessions; 3. improve assessment of therapeutic change during the process of psychotherapy through statistical modeling in order to determine the evolution of severity within the first 15 therapy sessions. We expect as a result to optimize the treatment process for clients attending a mental health facility in order to improve the quality of the attention provided.