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Complaints of patients presenting for psychotherapy in 1938 versus 1978
Author(s) -
Gill Harwant
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1985.tb02614.x
Subject(s) - anger , psychology , feeling , psychotherapist , interpersonal psychotherapy , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , interpersonal communication , interpersonal relationship , psychiatry , social psychology , medicine , surgery , economics , macroeconomics , randomized controlled trial
Reported complaints of psychotherapy out‐patients in 1938 are compared with those of patients in 1978. Both men and women complain less of bodily malfunctioning and more of anger, guilt, suicidal thoughts, and of sexual difficulties. Unlike men, women show a significant increase in interpersonal problems, sleep difficulties, depression and feelings of inadequacy or inferiority.