How attendance and quality of participation affect treatment response to parent management training.

Randomized controlled trial of a brief intervention for increasing participation in parent management training.

Evidence-based treatments exist for a range of child and adolescent behavior problems; however, effects are often limited by poor treatment attendance and adherence. The authors developed and evaluated the efficacy of a brief (5 to 45 min) intervention designed to increase treatment attendance and adherence in a sample of 76 parents referred for treatment of their child's oppositional, aggressi...

The Why, Who, What, How, and When of Patient Engagement in Healthcare Organizations: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Comparison of in-person and non- attendance of training programs to improve the skills of transmitting bad news by emergency medical students

Background and Objective: The physician- patient relationship requires special communication skills. This relationship, especially when announcing bad news, will cause irreparable discomfort in the patient and his families. Therefore, there is a need for studies in the field of training for physicians so they can make appropriate decisions in these cases.   Materials and Methods All e...

Why and How Is Compassion Necessary to Provide Good Quality Healthcare?

Recent disclosures of failures of care in the National Health Service (NHS) in England have led to debates about compassion deficits disallowing health professionals to provide high quality responsive care. While the link between high quality care and compassion is often taken for granted, it is less obvious how compassion – often originating in the individual’s emotional response – can become ...

Efficacy of parent management training in reduction of children’s feeding problems

Feeding problems are common in infant and young children. These problems affect mother and child relationship. The current study sought to investigate the efficacy of parent management training in reducing children’s feeding problems. The present study was a semi-experimental research based on pretest, posttest and follow-up design with a control group. 34 mothers whose children had feedi...