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Measures of the Therapeutic Relationship in Severe Psychotic Illness: A Comparison of Two Scales

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  • Rob Bale
  • Jocelyn Catty
  • Hilary Watt
  • Nan Greenwood
  • Tom Burns

    (Department of Mental Health, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK)

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Background: A durable therapeutic relationship is central to mental health practice. The Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) and the Helping Alliance Questionnaire (HAQ) are established instruments for measuring such a relationship. Aims: The project aimed to test the correlation between the two scales for patients with severe psychotic illness treated in an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team. Methods: Ninety-one patients of an ACT team and their key-workers were recruited to complete the measures. Results: Seventy-one patients (78%) completed the scales, and key-workers completed scales for every eligible patient. Both groups rated the relationship positively. There was a strong and significant correlation between the patient version of the WAI and the HAQ. There were significant but much weaker correlations between the patient-rated WAI and HAQ and the key-worker WAI. Conclusion: The patient version of the WAI and the HAQ seem to measure the patient's view of the relationship equivalently. The HAQ is simpler and easier to administer than the WAI.

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  • Rob Bale & Jocelyn Catty & Hilary Watt & Nan Greenwood & Tom Burns, 2006. "Measures of the Therapeutic Relationship in Severe Psychotic Illness: A Comparison of Two Scales," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 52(3), pages 256-266, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:52:y:2006:i:3:p:256-266
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764006067195
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