Self-efficacy, motivation, social support, and alliance as predictors of youth psychotherapy outcomes in usual care.

Objective: We examined how youth self-efficacy, motivation for treatment, social support, and therapeutic alliance relate to psychotherapy outcomes of patients receiving services at outpatient community clinics. We hypothesized that (1) these variables would increase throughout the course of therapy, (2) baseline scores would predict initial ratings of distress, (3) baseline scores would predict the rate of change in symptoms throughout treatment, and (4) changes in these variables would be associated with symptom change over the course of treatment.

Method: Participants included 150 adolescents at community outpatient treatment centers.

Utility of the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms Screen in a Collegiate Athlete Population.

Context: Mental health screening as a part of collegiate athletic preparticipation evaluations is becoming increasingly common, but effective and efficient screening depends on a screening tool that can accurately identify mental health symptoms and the need for mental health intervention.

Design: Case-control study.

Setting: Archival clinical records review.