Under review
Distress Tolerance’s Time Course and Prognostic Utility in Partial Hospital Treatment
Why the timeline matters
A pre-to-post score can show that change happened, but not when it happened.
This project treats treatment as a sequence of observations rather than a single before-and-after contrast. The central problem is temporal: identifying the course of change while allowing patients to follow different paths.
What repeated measurement makes visible
A design built around timing and individual trajectories.
LevelWithin-person treatment process
DataRepeated assessments during partial hospitalization
Analytic lensTrajectories and timing of change
Clinical questionWhat repeated measurement adds beyond baseline severity
Follow the treatment arc
Treatment is a sequence, not a before-and-after snapshot.
Repeated assessment begins with a clinically meaningful starting point.
Clinical decisions inside the design
Three questions that a trajectory can answer.
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When in treatment does change become visible?
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How much do individual trajectories differ?
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What information is lost when change is reduced to two time points?