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Mental Health Services for Autistic People with Intellectual Disability: An Exploratory Study on Patient and Treatment Characteristics, and Intervention-Outcome Associations
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Jane Margrete Askeland Hellerud; Catherine Anne Nicole Lorentzen; Arvid Nikolai Kildahl; Kjell Ivar Øvergård; Sissel Berge Helverschou – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Introduction: Autistic people with co-occurring intellectual disability have a high risk of mental disorders. This study aimed to investigate specialized mental health services for this group, emphasizing inpatient/outpatient treatment, patient characteristics, interventions, and outcomes. Methods: The current study used data from a Norwegian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Patients, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intellectual Disability
Practitioner Review: The Effectiveness of Solution Focused Brief Therapy with Children and Families: A Systematic and Critical Evaluation of the Literature from 1990-2010
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Bond, Caroline; Woods, Kevin; Humphrey, Neil; Symes, Wendy; Green, Lorraine – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background and scope: Solution focused brief therapy (SFBT) is a strengths-based therapeutic approach, emphasizing the resources that people possess and how these can be applied to a positive change process. The current study provides a systematic review of the SFBT evidence base and a critical evaluation of the use and application of SFBT in…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Children, Family (Sociological Unit), Child Behavior
Effectiveness of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: A Systematic Qualitative Review of Controlled Outcome Studies
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Gingerich, Wallace J.; Peterson, Lance T. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Objective: We review all available controlled outcome studies of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) to evaluate evidence of its effectiveness. Method: Forty-three studies were located and key data abstracted on problem, setting, SFBT intervention, design characteristics, and outcomes. Results: Thirty-two (74%) of the studies reported…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Outcomes of Treatment, Research, Child Behavior
Factor Structure and Validity of the Therapy Process Observational Coding System for Child Psychotherapy--Alliance Scale
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Fjermestad, Krister W.; McLeod, Bryce D.; Heiervang, Einar R.; Havik, Odd E.; Ost, Lars-Goran; Haugland, Bente S. M. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
The aim of this study was to examine the factor structure and psychometric properties of an observer-rated youth alliance measure, the Therapy Process Observational Coding System for Child Psychotherapy-Alliance scale (TPOCS-A). The sample was 52 youth diagnosed with anxiety disorders ("M" age = 12.43, "SD" = 2.23, range = 15;…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Measures (Individuals), Anxiety Disorders, Foreign Countries
Exploring a Psychotherapeutic Change Sequence: Relating Process to Intersessional and Posttreatment Outcome.
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Sexton, Harold – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1993
Process was related to intermediate and posttreatment outcomes for 34 patients undergoing multimodal group therapy. Exploratory time series analysis suggested that process variable effects differed with phase of therapy. Emotionally warm bond appeared to occur between patient and therapist in sessions prior to therapist-rated improvement. Patient…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Counseling Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Group Therapy
Comparative Effects of Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Meta-Analysis.
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Svartberg, Martin; Stiles, Tore C. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1991
In review of 19 clinically relevant comparative outcome studies published 1978-88, short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (STPP) was evaluated as to overall effects, differential effects, and moderating effects vis-a-vis no-treatment controls and alternative psychotherapies, respectively. Overall, STPP was superior to controls at posttreatment,…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Comparative Analysis, Depression (Psychology)