Assessing Psychotherapy Outcome With Feedback

Family Dysfunction Clinical Trial

Official title: Assessing Psychotherapy Outcome in Treatment as Usual Versus Treatment as Usual With the STIC Feedback System

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is a comparison of client outcomes in two different types of psychotherapy treatment. In one condition clients will receive treatment-as-usual (TAU); the therapy that they would normally receive. In the other condition clients will receive treatment-as-usual but in addition their therapist will have access to empirical feedback on client progress. Clients in the feedback condition will fill out weekly online questionnaires, and their therapists will have access to a website that feeds back the results of these questionnaires. The purpose of the study is to understand the impact of providing such feedback to therapists. Participating therapists at 4 sites will offer all of their clients the opportunity to participate, and participating clients will be randomly assigned to either condition. This should result in a representative sample of client seeking treatment at these 4 Chicago-area clinics.

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Couple Dysfunction
• Family Dysfunction
• Individual Psychiatric Disorder
• Mental Disorders
• Problem Behavior

• NCT number: NCT02023736
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: The Family Institute at Northwestern University
• Contact: Jacob Z Goldsmith, Ph.D.
• Phone: 847 733 4300
• Email: jgoldsmith2@family-institute.org
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 2013
• Completion date: August 2017