Cr. Glass et Db. Arnkoff, Consumers' perspectives on helpful and hindering factors in mental health treatment, J CLIN PSYC, 56(11), 2000, pp. 1467-1480
We summarize the four papers in this issue by consumers evaluating their me
ntal health treatment, focusing on aspects of their treatment that they col
lectively found helpful and hindering. These factors include the context of
treatment, the therapy relationship, interventions used and issues address
ed, helpful experiences outside the mental health system, and hindering Vie
ws of mental illness and treatment. We then present comments by two clients
in outpatient therapy on the same topic. Research on clients' perceptions
of their outpatient psychotherapy is discussed in reference to these six co
nsumer perspectives, and future directions for therapists and researchers a
re suggested. (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons. Inc.