GOALS OF INDIVIDUAL THERAPY - DOCUMENTATI ON ON THE OUTCOME OF INPATIENT PSYCHOTHERAPY FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF PATIENT AND THERAPIST

The results of a study evaluation in practicability of two newly devel oped documentation forms are presented. Examined are 82 inpatient trea tment episodes in an already published clinical concept with different treatment settings. Parallel versions of the forms were completed by patients and therapists. The ''Erge-Doku-A-Form'' allows for the namin g of up to five therapy goals determined at the beginning of therapy a nd evaluated in relation to their achieved quality at the end of thera py. The ''Erge-Doku-B-Form'' describes a variety of problem areas as w ell as questions related to medication and changes induced by therapy. Surprising there were a high number of 230 Individual Therapy Goals ( ITG) by patients and 262 ITG by therapists which could be arranged int o 89 content categories and 5 main categories. Outcome measurement sho ws different results. There was a significant relationship between the ''well-being'', the impression of ''satisfying treatment'' at the end of the inpatient period and ''success in the main ITG''. The document ation forms presented here allow an outcome-measurement depending on d ifferential indications.