Applying Decision Research to Improve Clinical Outcomes, Psychological Assessment, and Clinical Prediction

Mental health professionals often make explicit or implicit predictions involving crucial matters—Is a client at risk for self-harm or harming others? What treatment approach is most likely to be successful? Has a child been subjected to sexual or physical abuse? Decision research has particularly strong applied use for improving the accuracy of such determinations; unfortunately this work has not been broadly disseminated in the mental health field.

Applying Decision Research to Improve Cli...