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A client-generated psychometric instrument: The development of ‘PSYCHLOPS’

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posted on 2023-06-08, 10:38 authored by Mark Ashworth, Melanie Shepherd, Jeremy Christey, Veronica Matthews, Kevin Wright, Henk Parmentier, Susan Robinson, Emma Godfrey
PSYCHLOPS (Psychological Outcome Profiles) is a recently developed, client-generated, psychometric instrument that can be used as an outcome measure. Based on a similar instrument developed primarily for use in physical illnesses (MYMOP — ‘Measure Your Medical Outcome Profile’), it seeks the client's perspective on their psychological distress. It asks them to describe and then score the problem that troubles them the most at the start of counselling. We describe the development of PSYCHLOPS, including the involvement of the Plain English Campaign and two national mental health organisations: the mental health charity and support group, Depression Alliance (DA) and Primary Care Mental Health Education (PRIMHE). We review the literature and suggest that PSYCHLOPS, by focusing on the problems of greatest priority to the client, might prove a sensitive measure of improvement after counselling.

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  • Published

Journal

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

ISSN

1473-3145

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

2

Volume

4

Page range

27-31

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  • Psychology Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-21

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