Case formulation for the psychiatric assessment
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Psychiatric assessment phase with the patients' diverse symptoms in a community mental health centreMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN15831929
- Lead Sponsor
- Päijät-Häme Central Hospital
- Brief Summary
2019 results in https://doi.org/10.5708/EJMH.14.2019.2.1 (added 01/07/2020)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients with a referral for a psychiatric assessment, sent from primary, occupational, or student healthcare units, or from private practice
2. 18–65 years of age
3. Able to understand the study’s purpose and give written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
1. Subjects whose referral suggested any psychotic or neuropsychiatric disorders, such as attention deficit disorders and autism, or any cognitive disabilities
2. A referral for an emergency or urgent assessment (i.e. within 7 days)
3. The patient’s native language had to be Finnish
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Self-assessment of the therapeutic alliance in psychotherapy using the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) for the patient (WAI-P) and for the clinicians (WAI-T) at the treatment planning (i.e. final) visit. After the first visit, the number of assessment sessions was not known in advance because of the individual assessment process<br> 2. Employee resources: the lengths of individual assessment sessions and periods, the number of and duration of visits and the number of clinicians who were involved in the various phases of assessment<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The patient-clinician interaction from the patient-centered approach is investigated using qualitative conversation analysis