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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Health Services Research
  • Data Science in Healthcare

Background:

  • Growing global emphasis on systematically tracking psychotherapy outcomes to enhance healthcare.
  • Need for a comprehensive and practical data system to manage psychotherapy services and personalize treatments based on feedback.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce the Finnish Psychotherapy Quality Register (FPQR).
  • To detail the FPQR's role as a comprehensive database for psychotherapy availability, quality, and outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the FPQR and analysis of psychotherapy outcomes for adults in the Helsinki and Uusimaa hospital district.
  • Utilized validated measures (e.g., CORE-OM, PHQ-9, SOFAS) for symptom severity and functioning.
  • Collected patient and psychotherapist data on alliance, risks, methods, and goals.

Main Results:

  • The FPQR database included 7,274 patients and 336 psychotherapists from 2018-2021, with high response rates (85-98%).
  • Effect sizes for short-term psychotherapy (g=0.75-0.91) were larger than for long-term therapy (g=0.65).
  • 26-60% of patients commenced treatment within three months of referral.

Conclusions:

  • The FPQR provides a valuable dataset on outsourced psychotherapy, potentially forming a national follow-up system.
  • The Finnish system may refer milder cases to intensive treatments, yielding poorer outcomes compared to international models like the UK's IAPT.