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Brief Psychotherapy in Family Practice

A Controlled Prospective Intervention Trial

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Henry Brodaty  and
Gavin Andrews
Henry Brodaty
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Unit, Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales 2036, Australia
Gavin Andrews
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Summary

In a prospective (controlled) trial, the result in 18 patients receiving eight, weekly half-hour sessions of brief problem-oriented dynamic psychotherapy was compared with the result in an equal number receiving eight weekly half-hour sessions of family practitioner therapy and in another 20 receiving no additional therapy. The subjects were drawn from patients at ten suburban family practices in Sydney. They had had psychological complaints for at least six months. No differences between the three treatment groups were found in the final outcome, either in a symptom severity and social dysfunction factor or in a physical disability and medication factor.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 143 , Issue 1 , July 1983 , pp. 11 - 19
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Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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