This paper identified and reviewed technological adjuncts to increase client adherence to
therapy. Three areas of adherence were identified, namely treatment dropout and non …

A substantial number of psychiatric patients seen in community settings fail to comply with
treatment. Noncompliance takes many forms, including failure to keep initial appointments …

This is the authoritative, bestselling guide that professionals and students turn to for a
complete introduction to motivational interviewing (MI), the powerful approach to facilitating …

Failure to keep initial appointments at a community mental health center results in a burden
on the staff and the center's financial resources. The authors studied referrals to an …

This study tested the efficacy of several interventions for reducing the rate of “no shows” to
first appointments to a child psychiatry outpatient clinic. After their initial telephone contact …

Missed appointments to outpatient psychiatry programs have been identified as a major form
of noncompliance in the literature. Over a two-and-a-half year period, 874 referrals to the …

Dually diagnosed patients with chemical dependency and a comorbid psychiatric disorder
typically show poor compliance with aftercare treatment, which may result in costly and …

Background Prompts to encourage attendance at clinics are often used in day‐to‐day
practice by diligent carers of people with mental health problems. These may take the form …

Nearly 45% ofyouth in the United States are ethnic minority or multiracial, and minority youth
currently represent a numerical majority or near majority in 25% of US counties (Pollard & …

Originally published in 1984, this book focuses, firstly, on how patients interpret and act in
response to symptoms of illness; secondly on how social and psychological factors influence …