a??What Is Therapy?a?? A Therapist-Developed Intervention to Reduce Missed Appointments in Community Mental Health

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a??No showa?? rates at community mental health centers are high. Therapists at a large community mental health center developed a one-session, theoretically informed Engagement Group to address common barriers to treatment attendance. People who missed Initial Assessments were three times more likely to complete the assessment and start therapy while the Engagement Group was offered than when it was not, chi-square (df = 1, N = 69) = 7.16, p < .01. People who frequently missed regular appointments reduced a??no showsa?? from 2.8 (SD = 2.4) to 1.7 (SD = 2.5), t (26) = 3.0, p < .006. This effective intervention, developed by front-lines clinicians, demonstrates the practical value of creating and disseminating practice-based evidence.View full textDownload full textKeywordspsychotherapy, mental health, treatment attendance, engagement, implementation science, practice-based evidence, CBPRRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2011.620506