La valutazione degli esiti e del processo nelle psicoterapie offerte dai Centri di Salute Mentale e da un Centro di Psicologia Clinica universitario

Abstract

The aim of this work is to show the main results of a series of studies about empirical assessment of outcome and process in Public Services psychotherapies. In the first part are summarized methods and results of a complex longitudinal research project - which included formation of and restitution to the clinical operators - carried out by "Sapienza" University together with the Mental Health Services of a territorial unit of Public Health in Rome. Some research studies focused on therapeutic change and process will follow, through narrative empirical instruments applied to psychotherapies in a Clinical University Centre. The studies here set out are mainly addressed to an improvement of clinical services, to self-monitoring of psychotherapists and to the construction of a theoretic model which may enhance therapeutic effectiveness.