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On the Efficacy of Psychoanalysis

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ID8335240
AuthorsHenry Bachrach (Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center), Henry M Bachrach (New York Medical College at St. Vincent's Hospital), Robert Galatzer-Levy (University of Chicago School of Medicine), Robert M Galatzer‐levy (University of Chicago), Alan Skolnikoff (School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco), Sherwood Waldron (Cornell University Medical College)
Year1991
Volume39
Issue4
Pages871-916
Publication date1991-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/000306519103900402
PMID1800553
OpenAlexW1890738802
LanguageEN
Citations received33
References cited53

In this study we critically review the formal research literature pertinent to the outcomes of psychoanalysis and the factors influencing these outcomes. Our inquiry was conducted from a psychoanalytic perspective. We found the research yield consistent with the accumulated body of clinically derived psychoanalytic knowledge, e.g., patients suitable for psychoanalysis derive substantial therapeutic benefit; analyzability and therapeutic benefit are relatively separate dimensions and their extent is relatively unpredictable from the perspective of initial evaluation among seemingly suitable cases. The studies all contain clinical and methodological limitations which are no more substantial than in other forms of psychotherapy research, but they have not substantially advanced psychoanalytic knowledge. This raises challenges for the further development of formal research strategies native to psychoanalysis

Epistemology · Perspective (graphical) · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychoanalytic Therapy · Psychotherapist · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Computer Science · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

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Citations per year0,97
Citation span1992 - 2020 (29)
Citation velocityhistorical
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