mental health

Using Feedback Informed Treatment to Improve Medication Adherence and Reduce Healthcare Costs

Medication adherence is a BIG problem. According to recent research, nearly one-third of the prescriptions written are never filled. Other data document that more than 60% of people who actually go the pharmacy and get the drug, do not take it as prescribed. What’s the problem, you may ask? Inefficiency aside, the health risks are — read more
The Importance of "Whoops" in Improving Treatment Outcome

“Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything, That’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen, Anthem Making mistakes. We all do it, in both our personal and professional lives. “To err is human…,” the old saying goes. And most of us say, if asked, that we agree — read more
The War on Unhappiness Heats Up

Back in September, I blogged about an article by Gary Greenberg published in the August issue of Harper’s magazine that took aim at the "helping profession." He cast a critical eye on the history of the field, it’s colorful characters, constantly shifting theoretical landscape, and claims and counterclaims regarding "best practice." Several paragraphs were devoted to my own work; specifically, research documenting the relatively inconsequential role that particular treatment approaches play… — read more

Using Feedback Informed Treatment to Improve Medication Adherence and Reduce Healthcare Costs