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Suitability for brief dynamic psychotherapy: psychodynamic variables as predictors of outcome
Author(s) -
Høglend P.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1993.tb03422.x
Subject(s) - psychodynamics , psychodynamic psychotherapy , psychology , psychotherapist , interpersonal communication , outcome (game theory) , interpersonal relationship , clinical psychology , medical diagnosis , social psychology , medicine , mathematics , mathematical economics , pathology
The success rate in predicting symptom change 2 years after brief dynamic psychotherapy increased 20% by adding quality of interpersonal relations from a psychodynamic evaluation interview to DSM‐III diagnoses, Axis V and Axis II. The success rate in predicting dynamic change 4 years after therapy increased nearly 40% by adding the same variable. Selection criteria such as circumscribed focus, motivation and involvement in the evaluation interview were shown to be redundant as predictors.