Enhancing Information Pertaining to Client Characteristics to Facilitate Evidence‐Based Practice

Abstract

Available findings are summarized according to disorder. Researchers are encouraged to attend to client variables in efficacy studies and suggestions are offered for training students to include client variables in EBP.

Socioeconomic status and the effectiveness of treatment for first‐episode psychosis

“…2 Patient socioeconomic status (SES) is a complex concept that is challenging to measure and has not been commonly studied as a moderator of intervention effectiveness in medical research. 4 The moderating role of SES may help illuminate persistent mental health disparities and high rates of psychiatric disability among low-SES patients. 5 For example, low-SES psychiatric patients may have worse medication adherence, more severe symptoms, poorer cognition, less social and community support, and more serious substance abuse disorders, any one of which could reduce the effectiveness of CSC and other psychiatric interventions.…”

“…Patient socioeconomic status (SES) is a complex concept that is challenging to measure and has not been commonly studied as a moderator of intervention effectiveness in medical research 4 . The moderating role of SES may help illuminate persistent mental health disparities and high rates of psychiatric disability among low‐SES patients 5 .…”