| Autor: |
Cook, Barry, Blatt, Sidney, Ford, Richard |
| Zdroj: |
Psychotherapy Research; Jan1995, Vol. 5 Issue 3, p218-230, 13p |
| Abstrakt: |
Most investigations of predictors of therapeutic change report that less seriously disturbed patients have greater capacity to benefit from treatment while other investigations indicate that more seriously disturbed patients have greater potential for change. The results of the present study indicate that the prognosis for seriously disturbed young adults to gain from long-term, intensive, inpatient treatment is indicated by an initial capacity to communicate disordered thinking and disruptive experiences as well as a capacity for establishing appropriate and constructive interpersonal relationships. Greater disordered thinking and the representation of more malevolent, unilateral interactions, as well as more differentiated and integrated representations of the human figure on the Rorschach early in treatment, related to less intense and frequent clinical symptoms and more intact and appropriate interpersonal relationships after approximately 15 months of treatment. While the relevance of these findings for prediction of response to outpatient psychotherapy with less disturbed patients needs to be examined, the methodology of the present study may have important implications for psychotherapy research. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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