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Client-Focused Research: New Directions in Outcome Assessment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2012

Elizabeth A. Newnham  and
Andrew C. Page
Elizabeth A. Newnham*
Affiliation:
The University of Western Australia, Australia. newnhe01@student.uwa.edu.au
Andrew C. Page*
Affiliation:
The University of Western Australia, Australia.
*
1 Address for correspondence: Elizabeth A. Newnham, PhD candidate, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia.
2 Address for correspondence: Andrew C. Page, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia.
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Abstract

The emergence of client-focused research has led to substantial change in the field of outcome assessment. Using the client's clinical characteristics to determine expected outcome, client monitoring assists clinicians in assessing the current treatment plan and client progress. The methodology has been shown to be effective in outpatient samples, by implementing change in real time for the benefit of the individual (Lambert, Harmon, Slade, Whipple, & Hawkins, 2005). Accordingly, the framework is an appropriate and important addition to the assessment of clinical practice.

Type
Invited Essay
Information
Behaviour Change , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , 01 March 2007 , pp. 1 - 6
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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