METHODS FOR IMPROVING PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPY OUTCOME

摘要

A method of determining the effectiveness of a therapist, comprising: obtaining data relating to one or more patient variables and/or one or more service variables for one or more patient suffering from a mental health disorder and allocated to the therapist; attributing a score to the data for each of the patient variables and/or the service variables, wherein the scores are based on a correlation between historic cohort treatment outcomes and historic cohort data comprising cohort patient and/or service variables; combining the scores to calculate an aggregate score; comparing the aggregate score with a scale to produce a prediction of psychological therapy outcome for the one or more patient; obtaining an observation of psychological therapy outcome for the one or more patient after treatment by the therapist has been provided; and comparing the observation of psychological therapy outcome and the prediction of psychological therapy outcome for the one or more patient to make a determination of the effectiveness of the therapist.