The paper demonstrates how one community mental health facility has engaged
in outcome evaluation on a very limited
budget. The evaluation model employs
quasi-experimental research methodology.
Clerical workers were trained to collect the
data. Statistical analyses suggested that the
treatment was beneficial, a finding further
supported by a high level of client satisfaction. A group personality profile of
clients seeking treatment from an outpatient center is presented, and the results of
the study are discussed in relation to the
psychotherapy research literature. The article concludes with a discussion of the ways
in which the results of the study were
utilized.
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