Treatment outcome research

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Treatment outcome research Research designed to show a causal relationship between undergoing a treatment and some physical, psychological, or social change (Chapter 15). 

Although studies directed at measuring the interaction between diverse types of psychotherapy and different medications are complex, additional research in this area is needed. Such studies offer the methodological sophistication required to understand the complicated relationships between interventions that can substantially affect treatment outcomes. 

Lehman AF, Kreyenbuhl J, Buchanan RW, et al. The schizophrenia patient outcomes research team (PORT) updated treatment recommendations 2003. Schizophr Bull 2004 30 193-217. 

I can t call Mamie s style of interacting with patients a placebo effect, because as far as I know none of the treatments she gave me were placebos. But it did make me feel better, and some of the research I describe in this chapter indicates that it can also promote wellness. For want of a better term, I will call this the Mamie effect . The Marnie effect is the enhancement of treatment outcome that is produced by enhancing the therapeutic relationship. 

One potential difficulty of cost-benefit analysis is that it requires researchers to express an intervention s costs and outcomes in the same units. Thus, monetary values must be associated with years of life lost and morbidity due to disease and with years of life gained and morbidity avoided due to intervention. Expressing costs in this way is obviously difficult in health care analyses. Outcomes (treatment benefits) may be difficult to measure in units of currency. Translating disease and treatment outcomes into monetary measures may be more difficult than translating them into clinical outcome measures, such as years of life saved or years of life saved adjusted for quality. 

Psychopharmacology research in children is designed to generate new knowledge and improve the outcomes for children who suffer from clinical conditions that warrant treatment. Such research relies upon partnerships among investigators, research partnerships, and society. But such research entails risks, so principles must be identified and carefully considered to simultaneously advance knowledge and protect research par-... 

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Traditional cost-containment measures are not always consistent with improved patient care. Thus attention has turned toward demonstrating the value of health care. A full evaluation of relevant costs and consequences differentiates outcomes research from traditional cost-containment strategies. Costs are defined as the value of the resources consumed by a program or treatment alternative. Consequences are defined as the effects, outputs, and outcomes of the program or treatment alternative (Eisenberg, 1989). 

Lehman AF, Steinwachs DM. Translating research into practice The Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) treatment recommendations. Schizophr Bull 1998 24 1-10. 

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