Development of a standard follow-up assessment procedure for inpatient psychotherapy

The paper establishes a follow-up assessment procedure for inpatient psycho therapy. It is suited for more than one theoretical approach or specific di sorder. Using data from a larger follow-up-study, those items are identifie d that show substantial correlations with health and resource oriented ques tionnaires. In a second analysis, items are selected that predict therapeut ic effects on parameters of health-behavior. This pool of items has to be c ompleted by items constructed by plausibility criteria.