Quality assurance in outpatient psychotherapy and consultation/liaison psychotherapy

Authors

  • Gerhard Schüßler

Abstract

As in other medical settings it is useful to differentiate quality assurance in routine psychotherapeutic treatment in structural, process and outcome quality. Far out-patient psychotherapy the treatment basis is by now adequate. In consultation/liaison psychotherapy there exists a huge deficit concerning the structural basis. Process and outcome evaluation are a great - but necessary - challenge far the nearby future.

Keywords:
Quality assurance, out-patient routine psychotherapy, consultation-liaison service.

 

Author Biography

Gerhard Schüßler

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schüßler ist Facharzt für Psychiatrie und Neurologie und Psychotherapeut mit langjähriger klinischer und wissenschaftlicher Tätigkeit an den Universitätskliniken Berlin, Göttingen und Münster. Seit 1994 ist er Vorstand der Univ.-Klinik für Medizinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie in Innsbruck.

Korrespondenz: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schüßler, Universitätsklinik für Medizinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Sonnenburgstraße 9, A-6020 Innsbruck  

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Published

1997-04-01

How to Cite

Schüßler, G. (1997). Quality assurance in outpatient psychotherapy and consultation/liaison psychotherapy. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, 5(2), 86–91. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/615

Issue

No. 2 (1997): Psychotherapie Forum 5/2 (veröffentlicht bei Springer Wien New York)

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Special Issue

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