Ingredients for Success: What Clients and Informal Caregivers Value in Depression Treatment A Concept Mapping Study

These findings support the idea of using multivariate and multimodal models for understanding treatment success. Participants attributed the therapeutic alliance as more clinician-driven than client-driven. A combination of factors related to treatment organization, treatment elements, and guideline adherence emerged as a core concept to successful treatment. Recommendations include increasing clinician awareness of perceptions of the therapeutic alliance and utilizing the findings to guide treatment discussions.