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Published Online: January 1972

Clinicians' Predictions of Outcome of Psychotherapy: A Trial of a Prognostic Index

ARTHUR H. AUERBACH, LESTER LUBORSKY, and MARILYN JOHNSONAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 128, Number 7

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.7.830

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The authors describe the Prognostic Index, a clinical form for rating patients on 31 variables believed to be significant in predicting outcome of psychotherapy. Forty-seven patients were rated on this instrument at the beginning of therapy. Factor analysis of the Prognostic Index revealed the five main dimensions that its 31 variables represent. The outcome of therapy was significantly predicted by the patients' scores on three fators: General Emotional Health, Intellectual Achievement, and Acute Depression.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 128 • Number 7 • January 1972

Pages: 830 - 835

PubMed: 5009260

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Published in print: January 1972

Published online: 1 April 2006

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ARTHUR H. AUERBACH

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LESTER LUBORSKY

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MARILYN JOHNSON

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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104

Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104

Research Assistant, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104

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Clinicians' Predictions of Outcome of Psychotherapy: A Trial of a Prognostic Index

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