Horses for courses? A qualitative exploration of goals formulated in mental health settings by young people, parents, and clinicians

Conclusion: The results suggest that goals may capture areas not captured by other normed outcome measures. In particular, goals may capture higher order, underlying factors, such as confidence, resilience, coping, and parenting factors that may not be explored by other measures. The differences across perspectives also link to existing literature suggesting a different focus on treatment based on perspectives and highlights the potential importance when jointly agreeing goals of ensuring the voice of the child/young person is heard and included in goal setting.
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Articles Source Type: research