Objective: Adults with serious mental health conditions (SMHC) experience higher rates of
disengagement from treatment. Factors associated with engagement in treatment in general …

Client engagement has been associated with positive psychotherapeutic outcomes, yet it is
relatively under-theorized. The aims of this review were to establish how client engagement …

The therapeutic relationship is one of the most central and important factors in the treatment
of mental health disorders. A better therapeutic relationship is associated with service …

Objective Although many psychiatric patients experience various forms of pressure or
leverage to participate in community treatment, the association between such experiences …

Background The client–therapist working alliance is a key contributor to effective adult
psychotherapy. However, little is known about its role in family and systemic therapy …

Objective: Recommendations for improving care include increased patient-clinician
collaboration, patient empowerment, and greater relational continuity of care. All rely upon …

This article reports a systematic review of engagement measures for psychosocial therapy.
MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsycINFO databases were searched to identify English‐language …

Patient activation, often conceptualized as an individual trait, contributes to mental health
outcomes. This study assessed the relational contributors to activation by estimating the …

Abstract 'Engagement'and 'treatment engagement'are terms that frequently appear in the
mental health literature, and are operationalized differently across studies. A clearer …

Engagement with mental health services is important if people with serious, long-standing
mental health problems are to be adequately supported in the community. However …