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The Readiness for Psychotherapy Index is now online in the eRecord Assessment Center.  It is a quick and efficient 20 item measure that assesses readiness for psychotherapy.  A recent study in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (Volume 197, Number 6, June 2009)demonstrates  instrument’s strong psychometric properties. 

CarePaths users who are interested in participating in studies of this instrument should call our office.  Future studies focus on enhancing the clinical utility of the scale and will look at the ability of the RPI to predict patient attendance and treatment outcomes; whether the scale can discriminate between readiness for different types of psychotherapy; examining changes in readiness as a result of pretherapy preparation.

The work on this instrument complements work by another research group CarePaths works with: Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry.  They are developing decision aids around treatment decision making.   Together these efforts have the promise of enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of psychiatric treatment.

Here is the Readiness for Psychotherapy Index