Meta-analysis of psychological assessment as a therapeutic intervention.

Poston, John M.; Hanson, William E.

doi:10.1037/a0018679

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“…The importance of psychological assessment for both staff and clients has been highlighted in a meta-analysis of 17 studies (Poston & Hanson, 2010). The individual studies included in Finally, there are many commonalities between the factors associated with recovery and personal strengths and those related to resilience and post-traumatic growth.…”

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Assessing the strengths of mental health consumers: A systematic review.

Bird¹,

Boutillier²,

Leamy³

et al. 2012

Psychological Assessment

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Strengths assessments focus on the individual's talents, abilities, resources, and strengths. No systematic review of strengths assessments for use within mental health populations has been published. The aims of this study were to describe and evaluate strengths assessments for use within mental health services. A systematic review identified 12 strengths assessments (5 quantitative, 7 qualitative). The Strengths Assessment Worksheet (SAW) was the most widely utilized and evaluated qualitative assessment. Psychometric properties of the assessments were assessed against set quality criteria. Data on psychometric properties were available for 4 measures. The Client Assessment of Strengths, Interests and Goals (CASIG) had the strongest psychometric evidence. The SAW and CASIG assessments can be tentatively recommended within clinical practice, although the evidence for all strengths assessments is currently limited. To describe the content of the strengths assessment, the items used to operationalize the concept of strengths in each assessment were extracted and themed. Twenty-four themes were identified and organized into 3 overarching categories: individual factors, environmental factors, and interpersonal factors. These categories form the basis of an empirically based definition of strengths that could be used as a conceptual foundation for new clinical assessments. Strengths assessments focus on the individual's talents, abilities, resources and strengths.No systematic review of strengths assessments for use within mental health populations has been published. The aims of this study were to describe and evaluate strengths assessments for use within mental health services. A systematic review identified 12 strengths assessments (five quantitative, seven qualitative). The Strengths Assessment Worksheet (SAW) was the most widely utilized and evaluated qualitative assessment.Psychometric properties of the assessments were assessed against set quality criteria. Data on psychometric properties were available for four measures. The Client Assessment of Strengths, Interests and Goals (CASIG) had the strongest psychometric evidence. The SAW and CASIG assessments can be tentatively recommended within clinical practice, although the evidence for all strengths assessments is currently limited. To describe the content of the strengths assessment, the items used to operationalize the concept of

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Section: Psychological Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the strengths of mental health consumers: A systematic review.

Bird¹,

Boutillier²,

Leamy³

et al. 2012

Psychological Assessment

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“…Furthermore, extant data indicate that the assessment process in this system is generally perceived as collaborative (Israel 2014). Collaborative assessment may improve the accuracy of data collected by enhancing trust between the assessor and the client, and has even been associated with modest positive treatment effects (Poston and Hanson 2010). On the other hand, there is some observed variation in the extent to which assessment data were collected collaboratively.…”

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Resources, Exposure to Trauma, and the Behavioral Health of Youth Receiving Public System Services

2015

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Using Conservation of Resources Theory (COR), the current study examined the relationship between exposure to trauma, resources, and behavioral health in a prospective longitudinal cohort of youth in a public behavioral health system. The sample includes 303 youth, aged 5-19, who had received 6 months of treatment-asusual in an urban, diverse public behavioral health system, and who had experienced at least one type of trauma. Youth entered treatment with an average of four types of trauma and five accessible resources. Consistent with COR, multivariate regression model results showed that both lifetime exposure to trauma and youth resources were significantly associated with behavioral health needs, upon entry to treatment and after 6 months of treatment. Losing resources over 6 months of treatment was associated with greater behavioral health needs, while maintaining or gaining resources over 6 months of treatment was associated with fewer behavioral health needs. This study highlights the need to explore resource gain and resource loss among clients with trauma exposure receiving services in a public system, further test COR-related hypotheses in treatment settings, and develop applicable, multi-level interventions.

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“…Besides, Poston and Hanson (2010) highlight that psychological assessment itself can have a therapeutic intervention. Using meta-analytic techniques, they concluded that psychological assessment procedures -when combined with personalized, collaborative, and highly involving test feedback -have positive, clinically meaningful effects on treatment, especially regarding treatment processes.…”

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Avaliação psicológica como fator protetor à interrupção de tratamento na psicoterapia psicanalítica de crianças: dados empíricos

Gastaud¹,

Feil²,

Merg³

et al. 2014

Psicol. Reflex. Crit.

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Psychological assessment can provide important information on patient's symptoms, personality, diagnosis and prognosis assisting in the development of therapeutic strategies. This retrospective cohort study aimed to determine whether there is association between performing a psychological assessment prior to psychotherapy and keeping the treatment. Medical records of 2,106 children seen in two outpatient mental health clinics in Porto Alegre were analyzed. Children who had undergone psychological assessment before starting psychotherapy were 65% more likely to adhere to the treatment and 44% less likely to drop it out than were children who had not been assessed. Psychological assessment helps parents understand their children's treatment, making it a less coercive process and provides a more concrete foundation for the otherwise subjective psychotherapeutic process. Keywords: Psychological assessment, dropout, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, children. ResumoA avaliação psicológica pode fornecer informações importantes sobre sintomas, personalidade, diagnóstico e prognóstico do paciente, auxiliando no desenvolvimento de estratégias terapêuticas. Esta coorte retrospectiva objetivou determinar se há associação entre a realização de avaliação psicológica antes da psicoterapia e a permanência dos pacientes em tratamento. Foram analisados prontuários de 2.106 crianças atendidas em dois ambulatórios de saúde mental em Porto Alegre. Crianças que haviam realizado avaliação psicológica antes de iniciar a psicoterapia apresentavam 65% mais chance de aderir ao tratamento e 44% menos chance de abandoná-lo do que crianças que não haviam realizado avaliação psicológica. A avaliação psicológica auxilia os pais a se engajarem no tratamento de suas crianças, tornando-o menos coercitivo, além de fornecer uma fundamentação mais concreta para o subjetivo processo psicoterapêutico. Palavras-chave: Avaliação psicológica, abandono, psicoterapia psicanalítica, crianças.Assessment has been a historical strength of psychology, with sophisticated traditions of measurement, psychometrics, and theoretical underpinnings (Youngstrom, 2013). A Psychological Assessment 1 is a process which investigates a patient's symptoms and enables a better understanding and description of a patient's personality. This information helps the professional to reach a prognosis and * Mailing address: Rua Comendador Caminha, 312/205,

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Meta-analysis of psychological assessment as a therapeutic intervention.

Cited by 242 publications

References 75 publications

Assessing the strengths of mental health consumers: A systematic review.

Assessing the strengths of mental health consumers: A systematic review.

Resources, Exposure to Trauma, and the Behavioral Health of Youth Receiving Public System Services

Avaliação psicológica como fator protetor à interrupção de tratamento na psicoterapia psicanalítica de crianças: dados empíricos

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