In their meta-analysis, Leichsenring, Rabung, and Leibing (2004) found that short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy (STPP) and cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) were equally efficacious. However, they did not examine whether the treatments were delivered as intended. In our review of nine studies comparing STPP and CBT, we found that most did not adequately implement treatment integrity procedur...

aim and background: insomnia, one of the prevalent disorders, in many cases is considered as a sign associated with physical and mental disorders. the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on these symptoms among male prisoners. methods and materials: subjects of this experimental study were 28 male prisoners in central prison of shiraz who w...

BACKGROUND There are no randomised clinical trials comparing the outcomes of short- with long-term psychodynamic group psychotherapy. AIMS To compare differences in outcome during and after short- and long-term group psychotherapy. METHOD In total, 167 out-patients with mood, anxiety and personality disorders were randomised to short- or long-term group therapy (20 or 80 weekly, 90 min sess...

In an interpretation of the group therapy situation as a complex stimulus field, 37 therapy sessions were studied with reference to the nature of the association between a physiological parameter (GSR) and dimensions of social interaction. The group, consisting of a nurse-therapist and two schizophrenic patients, was observed and coded in terms of 11 social categories. The social behavior of th...

There has been enormous progress in psychotherapy research. This has culminated in recognition of several treatments that have strong evidence in their behalf. Even so, after decades of psychotherapy research, we cannot provide an evidence-based explanation for how or why even our most well studied interventions produce change, that is, the mechanism(s) through which treatments operate. This ch...

BACKGROUND Readiness to change is a pivotal construct for psychotherapy research and a major target of motivational interventions. Our primary objective was to examine whether pre-treatment readiness to change moderated therapy effects of Bridging Intervention in Anesthesiology (BRIA), an innovative psychotherapy approach for surgical patients. This stepped care program aims at motivating and s...

UNLABELLED This study compared the effectiveness of two psychotherapy approaches for treating combat veterans with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic psychotherapy (PDT). These treatments are routinely used by the Unit for Treatment of Combat-Related PTSD of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). IDF veterans with chronic PTSD were ass...