Patients' expectations have long been considered a contributory factor to successful
psychotherapy. Expectations come in different guises, with outcome expectations centered …

Patient expectations have been regarded as a variable affecting the course of
psychotherapy for more than 50 years. Yet, even though expectations are often considered a …

Prior analyses from the National Institute of Mental Health Treatment of Depression
Collaborative Research Program indicated that patients' expectancies of treatment …

Background and methods: Little is understood about why few women during the perinatal
period will use depression treatment. In particular, beliefs and barriers related to depression …

Patients' expectations about the efficacy and nature of psychotherapy have long been
considered important common treatment factors, and the empirical literature has largely …

Belief in one's ability to change is an important cognitive variable related to treatment gains.
This study investigated pretreatment expectancy for anxiety change and early homework …

Client expectancies about therapy are considered a common factor, that is, a feature of
therapy that is not specific to any particular technique or approach. This review includes both …

Patients' initial beliefs about the success of a given pain treatment are shown to have an
important influence on the final treatment outcome. The aims of the paper are to assess …

The authors provide an overview of the literature on the ability of response expectancies to
elicit automatic responses in the form of self-fulfilling prophecies and link it to the broader …

This literature review was commissioned by the Scottish Executive's Social Work Services
Inspectorate in order to support the work of the 21st Century Social Work Review Group …