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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Mark S. Salzer, PhD, Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104, 215.349.8483, salzer@cmhpsr.upenn.edu and Pat W. Corrigan, PsyD, Psychiatry, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, University of Chicago, 7230 Arbor Drive, Tinley Park, IL 60477.
This presentation will focus on consumer preference as a critical, yet oftentimes ignored factor when developing evidence-based practices. It is argued that the failure to consider treatment preference can significantly limit research findings as well as the development of evidence-based practices that are both effective and will be adopted and adhered to by consumers. The presenters will review the theory underlying the development of treatment preferences and the psychological principles underlying how treatment preferences may impact consumer behavior. This will include a discussion of the placebo effect (also known as response expectancy), disappointment, reactance, and motivation. Examples will then be given from the co-presenters’ research and elsewhere on how treatment preference may impact numerous aspects of interventions research, including (1) recruitment and make-up of the study population; (2) adherence to the intervention condition, especially if they obtain the less desired treatment; (3) response bias; and (4) study attrition. The presenters then argue that the development of evidence-based practice should include research on consumer preferences that will subsequently impact the likelihood that such practices will be acceptable to consumers.
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Keywords: Mental Health Services, Research
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.