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Predicting the outcome of treatment.

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March, JS; Curry, JF
Published in: J Abnorm Child Psychol
February 1998

The clinical question--"Which treatment(s) for which patients with what set of subgrouping characteristics working by what mechanism(s)?"--rests at the heart of differential therapeutics. Experimentally, this question reduces to a test of how well we can predict the outcome of treatment using the treatment conditions plus other moderating and mediating variables. Reflecting the discussions held at a recent National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) conference on psychosocial treatments, and using pediatric anxiety disorders as a case in point, we discuss the problem of prediction in treatment outcome studies from the standpoint of definition of terms, using the general linear model of prediction. We also outline types of studies that may be useful in testing potential predictors, and put forward a possible matrix of predictor variables as currently implemented in an NIMH-funded treatment outcome study of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). We conclude by making specific suggestions for implementing a broader approach to the study of predictors.

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Published In

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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ISSN

0091-0627

Publication Date

February 1998

Volume

26

Issue

1

Start / End Page

39 / 51

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Research Design
  • Psychotherapy
  • Models, Statistical
  • Humans
  • Forecasting
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Decision Making
  • Child Psychiatry
  • Child
 

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March, J. S., & Curry, J. F. (1998). Predicting the outcome of treatment. J Abnorm Child Psychol, 26(1), 39–51. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1022682723027
March, J. S., and J. F. Curry. “Predicting the outcome of treatment.J Abnorm Child Psychol 26, no. 1 (February 1998): 39–51. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1022682723027.
March JS, Curry JF. Predicting the outcome of treatment. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1998 Feb;26(1):39–51.
March, J. S., and J. F. Curry. “Predicting the outcome of treatment.J Abnorm Child Psychol, vol. 26, no. 1, Feb. 1998, pp. 39–51. Pubmed, doi:10.1023/a:1022682723027.
March JS, Curry JF. Predicting the outcome of treatment. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1998 Feb;26(1):39–51.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Abnorm Child Psychol

DOI

ISSN

0091-0627

Publication Date

February 1998

Volume

26

Issue

1

Start / End Page

39 / 51

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Research Design
  • Psychotherapy
  • Models, Statistical
  • Humans
  • Forecasting
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Decision Making
  • Child Psychiatry
  • Child