Sirles E A
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Social Welfare 53201.
Community Ment Health J. 1990 Aug;26(4):345-60. doi: 10.1007/BF00752725.
Characteristics of 321 children, their families, the clinical process they encountered, and their service usage were tested for relationships with dropout from intake, diagnostics, and treatment at a child guidance clinic. The results indicate clinicians need to be attentive to whom they interview in the intake phase, whom cases are assigned to, the duration of the diagnostic and treatment phases, and the length of time clients have to wait on waiting lists for services. These findings indicate the methods used for providing services to clients are the best predictors of dropout.
对321名儿童及其家庭的特征、他们所经历的临床过程以及他们的服务使用情况进行了测试，以考察其与儿童指导诊所的初诊、诊断和治疗退出率之间的关系。结果表明，临床医生需要留意在初诊阶段接受访谈的对象、病例分配给了谁、诊断和治疗阶段的时长，以及客户在服务等候名单上等待的时间长度。这些发现表明，为客户提供服务的方式是退出率的最佳预测指标。
