Browsing by Author "Errazuriz, Paula"

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    Developing a European Psychotherapy Consortium (EPoC): Towards Adopting a Single-Item Self-Report Outcome Measure Across European Countries
    (2024) Goncalves, Miguel M.; Lutz, Wolfgang; Schwartz, Brian; Oliveira, Joao Tiago; Saarni, Suoma E.; Tishby, Orya; Rubel, Julian A.; Boehnke, Jan R.; Montesano, Adrian; Paiva, Dario; Ceridono, Davide; Zech, Emmanuelle; Willemsen, Jochem; Saarni, Samuli I.; Erzar, Katarina Kompan; Janeiro, Luis; Gelo, Omar C. G.; Errazuriz, Paula; Holas, Pawel; Styla, Rafal; Rozic, Tatjana; Rosenstrom, Tom; Bekes, Vera; Unoka, Zsolt; Barkham, Michael
    Background: Complementing the development of evidence-based psychological therapies, practice-based evidence has developed from patient samples collected in routine care, addressing questions relevant to patients and practitioners, and thereby expanding our knowledge of psychological therapies and their impact. Implementation of assessments in routine care allows for timely clinical decision support and the collection of multiple practice-based data sets by addressing the needs of patients and clinicians (e.g., routine outcome monitoring) and the needs of researchers (e.g., identifying the impact of therapist variables on outcomes). Method: In this article we describe an initiative developed in Europe, through the European Chapter of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, aimed at creating a consortium that has the potential for collecting data on tens of thousands of patients per year. Results: A survey identified one of the main problems in the development of a common data set to be the heterogeneity of measures used by members (e.g., 87 different pre-post outcomes). We report on the results of the survey and the initial stage of identifying a single-item - the Emotional and Psychological Outcome (EPO-1) - measure and the process of its translation into multiple European languages. Conclusions: We conclude this first stage of the overall project by discussing the future potential of the Consortium in relation to the development of procedures that allow crosswalks of outcome measures and the creation of a task force that may be consulted when new data sets are collected, aiming for new common measures to be implemented and shared.
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    The Importance of Conducting Practice-oriented Research with Underserved Populations
    (2024) Fernandez-Alvarez, Javier; Molinari, Guadalupe; Kilcullen, Ryan; Delgadillo, Jaime; Drill, Rebecca; Errazuriz, Paula; Falkenstrom, Fredrik; Firth, Nick; O'Shea, Amber; Paz, Clara; Youn, Soo Jeong; Castonguay, Louis G.
    There has been a growing emphasis on dissemination of empirically supported treatments. Dissemination, however, should not be restricted to treatment. It can and, in the spirit of the scientific-practitioner model, should also involve research. Because it focuses on the investigation of clinical routine as it takes place in local settings and because it can involve the collaboration of several stakeholders, practice-oriented research (POR) can be viewed as an optimal research method to be disseminated. POR has the potential of addressing particularly relevant gaps of knowledge and action when implemented in regions of the world that have limited resources for or experiences with empirical research, and/or in clinical settings that are serving clinical populations who are not typically receiving optimal mental care services - specifically, individuals in rural and inner cities that have limited economic and social resources. The establishment and maintenance of POR in such regions and/or settings, however, come with specific obstacles and challenges. Integrating the experiences acquired from research conducted in various continents (Africa, Europe, Latin America, and North America), the goal of this paper is to describe some of these challenges, strategies that have been implemented to address them, as well as new possible directions to facilitate the creation and growth of POR. It also describes how these challenges and ways to deal with them can provide helpful lessons for already existing POR infrastructures.
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    When is it Effective to Focus on the Alliance? Analysis of a Within-Client Moderator
    (2018) Zilcha-Mano, Sigal; Lipsitz, Ilana; Errazuriz, Paula