Can therapists and senior advisors predict improvement of PTSD severity, based on clinical intuition and liking of their patients?

ABSTRACT: Objective: Predicting symptom improvement in psychotherapy is a complex challenge. This study aims to extend traditional prediction methods by examining the potential roles of therapists' and senior advisors' clinical judgments and of their levels of liking of patients in predicting symptom improvement.Methods: Eighty women with PTSD related to childhood abuse treated with either cognitive processing therapy (CPT) or dialectical behaviour therapy for PTSD (DBT-PTSD) were included in the study. Four general linear models were used for predicting pre-to-post changes in the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (ΔCAPS) from (i-ii) the therapists' and senior advisors' intuitive predictions of symptom change, and (iii-iv) the therapists' and senior advisors' liking of their patient. T

SUBMITTER: Enning F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12599173 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature