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A Note on Waiting List Attrition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Dorothy Mali  and
Kenneth J. Hudson
Dorothy Mali*
Affiliation:
Health Department of WesternAustralia
Kenneth J. Hudson
Affiliation:
Private Practice, South Perth, Western Australia
*
Heathcote Hospital, 68 Duncraig Road, Applecross WA 6153
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Abstract

Cognitive-behavioural group treatment programs for agoraphobia were held over a sixteen-month period, and waiting lists were generated. Retrospective analysis of the data revealed the apparent importance for attrition of such factors as the availability of helpers and the timing of treatment programs. Suggestions are offered to reduce waiting list attrition.

Type
Research Article
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Behaviour Change , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , December 1988 , pp. 171 - 174
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 1988

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