Routine Process Monitoring, systematic patient feedback in the primary and specialised mental healthcare

Routine Process Monitoring (RPM) is a patient feedback method developed in the USA which is widely applied in clinical practice of mental health care in The Netherlands. In this method a patient fills in the Session Rating Scale (SRS) and the Outcome Rating Scale (ORS) in each treatment session. The results are discussed directly in this session and the treatment is optimized based on this discussion. This method has not been systematically studied in The Netherlands. The aim of this study is to clarify whether the addition of RPM for treatment in primary and specialist mental healthcare in The Netherlands has a positive effect on the treatment outcome.

Addition of Routine Process Monitoring (RPM) to brief therapy (number of sessions <12) will result to a significant improvement in treatment outcome within five weeks compared to short-term treatment without RPM in the primary mental health care in Netherlands.

Addition of RPM to brief therapy (number of sessions <12) will still result to a significant improvement in treatment outcome after 13 weeks compared to short-term treatment without RPM in the primary mental health care in Netherlands.

Leading to Study 1: The effect of RPM in the primary mental health care

Addition of RPM to long-lasting therapy (number of sessions >12) will still result to a significant improvement in treatment outcome after 13 weeks compared to long-lasting therapy without RPM in the specialised mental health care in Netherlands.

Leading to Study 2: The effect of RPM in the specialised mental health care

start, 5 weeks, 13 weeks, 26 weeks

-Routine Process Monitoring + Treatment as usual (TAU-RPM)

-Treatment as Usual (TAU)