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Brief acceptance-based intervention for increasing intake attendance at a community mental health center . Intake no-show rates for psychotherapy vary from 20 % to 57 % ( Swenson & Pekarik , 1988 ) , and experiential avoidance may be related to failure to attend intake sessions . This pilot study attempted to increase intake attendance at a community mental health center by employing a brief experiential acceptance-based intervention . Those who scheduled intakes were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups : orientation letter or acceptance-enhanced orientation letter ; rates from these conditions were compared with a retrospective comparison control group . Participants were randomized by way of an online random number generator . Persons assigned to the orientation group did not have a higher show rate than persons within the control group ( ∼48 % compared with ∼52 % ) . Persons assigned to the acceptance group did have higher show rates than persons in the other two groups ( ∼67 % compared with ∼48 % and ∼52 % , respectively ) , however this difference was nonsignificant . Results suggest that brief acceptance-based interventions should be further studied for their potential value in maximizing client attendance .
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Intervention_Educational
acceptance-based intervention
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Intervention_Educational
orientation letter or acceptance-enhanced orientation letter ;
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Intervention_Control
control
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Outcome_Mental
intake attendance
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Outcome_Other
show rate
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Outcome_Other
higher show rates