Preventing Clients from Dropping Out of Treatment

Abstract

A large proportion of clients drop out of treatment prematurely. Although not all of these clients fare oorly, most have poorer outcomes than clients who complete treatment. lased upon a thorough review of the literature, the author defines and describes the drop out phenomenon, and then suggests techni ues that social workers in independent practice can use to prevent clients from wishing to withdraw prematurely and to overcome impending drop out when it occurs.