Evaluation of Long-term Analytic Outpatient Group Therapies

Bibliographic Data

ID14775987
AuthorsVolker Tschuschke (corresponding author), Tamara Anbeh, Peter Kiencke
Year2007
Volume40
Issue1
Pages140-159
Publication date2007-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGroup Analysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0533-3164 • E-ISSN: 1461-717X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0533316407076127
OpenAlexW2054325241
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited11

This article reports on one of the largest outpatient group psychotherapy studies which investigated long-term psychodynamic groups in a naturalistic setting, i.e. the PAGE (Projekt für ambulante Gruppentherapie-Evaluation)-Study. More than 450 patients of 28 group analysts in private practices were included in the Study. The analytic and psychodynamically oriented long-term outpatient groups were accompanied by a university based research team without impacting the normal patient-therapist contact, treatment contract, and treatment itself, therefore all treatments took place in a naturalistic setting with very experienced group analysts (effectiveness-study). Results of this large study clearly demonstrate that the longer psychotherapeutic treatments take place the better the outcomes are. The average effect sizes are beyond 1.30. Statistical as well as clinical significance was reached on all levels of investigation: symptoms, interpersonal problems, treatment goals, and overall psychiatric functioning

Group psychotherapy · Interpersonal communication · Naturalism · Naturalistic observation · Outpatient clinic · Psychiatry · Psychodynamics · Psychotherapist · Statistical significance · Term (time · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychoanalysis and Social Critique · Psychology · Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Internal Medicine

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