Getting down to business: an examination of occupational outcomes in cognitive behavioral therapy for depression.

Depression is associated with unemployment and poor occupational functioning. Although cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been shown to reduce depressive symptoms, the degree to which it improves occupational outcomes has received little attention. We investigated change in job status and presenteeism (i.

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain: The overlooked issue of rater selection in psychotherapy observer ratings.

Psychotherapy process research relies heavily upon trained raters to identify and code therapist and client behaviors. Raters are often selected out of convenience or availability with little research to inform what qualities are desirable for this role. In this study, we evaluated several rater characteristics as potential predictors of raters' performance.