Premium
Therapeutic alliance in cognitive therapy for schizophrenic and other long‐term mentally ill patients: development and relationship to outcome in an in‐patient treatment programme
Author(s) -
Svensson B.,
Hansson L.
Publication year - 1999
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.1600-0447.1999.tb07226.x
Subject(s) - alliance , mentally ill , context (archaeology) , psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , cognition , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , therapeutic relationship , clinical psychology , medicine , mental health , mental illness , paleontology , political science , law , biology
A total of 26 schizophrenic and other long‐term mentally ill patients receiving cognitive therapy sessions twice a week in the context of a comprehensive in‐patient treatment programme were assessed every 5 weeks with regard to therapeutic alliance. The therapists rated the alliance according to the Psychotherapy Status Report and the patients rated it according to the Patient Collaboration Scale. The results showed either good or fair and stable therapeutic alliance for the majority of the patients throughout the treatment period. Few correlations were found between patient characteristics and initial alliance. The therapists' ratings showed a positive relationship between initial alliance and a favourable outcome of treatment at discharge.