Psychodynamic changes in untreated neurotic patients. II. Apparently genuine improvements.

Publisher: American Medical Assn Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0372435 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0003-990X (Print) Linking ISSN: 0003990X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Arch Gen Psychiatry Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: Chicago, American Medical Assn.

Neurotic Disorders*/diagnosis ; Neurotic Disorders*/therapy; Adult ; Anxiety Disorders/therapy ; Depression/therapy ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Hysteria/therapy ; Interview, Psychological ; Male ; Paraphilic Disorders/therapy ; Remission, Spontaneous ; Stress, Psychological

This work is part of a study of 45 neurotic patients who were seen for consultation at the Tavistock Clinic but who never received treatment, and who, by the time they were asked to come for follow-up, had never been interviewed by a psychiatrist more than twice in their whole lives. In a previous report, we described 13 patients who were at least "improved" on purely symptomatic criteria but whom we did not regard as improved on dynamic criteria. Here, we describe 11 patients who were judged to be improved on dynamic criteria. These patients are of extraordinary interest, providing not only direct evidence of therapeutic mechanisms in everyday lifeān answer to a question posed by Strupp and Bergin in 1969but also, quite unexpectedly, evidence about the therapeutic effects of single interviews.

Date Created: 19750101 Date Completed: 19750416 Latest Revision: 20220409

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10.1001/archpsyc.1975.01760190112013

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