Outcomes of psychotherapy Flashcards
Conditions which make it easier for a psychotherapy model to be studied for its outcomes
Therapy is of a fixed duration
Therapy is standardised between therapists
Patients can be randomly assigned
Patients come with a specific well defined issue
Outcome of the therapy is measured in symptom counts
NICE recommendations of conditions for which CBT should be considered
Psychosis/schizophrenia
Depression
Anxiety disorders
Eating disorders
PTSD
NICE recommendations of conditions for which interpersonal therapy should be considered
Depression
Eating disorders
NICE recommendations of conditions for which mentalisation based therapy should be considered
Personality disorder
NICE recommendations of conditions for which mindfulness based cognitive therapy should be considered
Recurrent depression
NICE recommendations of conditions for which dialectical based therapy should be considered
Personality disorder
NICE recommendations of conditions for which cognitive analytic therapy should be considered
Depression
Anxiety disorders
Personality disorder
NICE recommendations of conditions for which psychodynamic psychotherapy should be considered
Depression
Anxiety
PTSD
Personality disorder
NICE recommendations of conditions for which behavioural psychotherapy should be considered
Addictions
NICE recommendations of conditions for which family/systemic therapy should be considered
Eating disorders
Psychosis/schizophrenia
Patient factors which were thought to improve response to psychotherapy according to William Schofield in his 1964 book Psychotherapy: The Purchase of Friendship
Young
Attractive
Verbal
Intelligent
Successful
Best predictor of psychotherapy outcome
The therapeutic alliance
Conditions found to respond better to psychotherapy/pharmacology combination rather than pharmacology alone, according to Huhn et al.
Depression
Social phobia
Panic disorder
Bulimia
Best therapy type for bulimia nervosa
Transdiagnostic enhanced CBT
Effectiveness of CBT vs. IPT for depression comorbid with personality disorder
CBT more effective than IPT
Indicators of poor outcome when chronic fatigue syndrome is treated by CBT/graded exercise
Claiming disability related benefit
Low sense of control
Focus on physical symptoms
Being passive with reduced activity
Membership of a self help group
Cognitive outcome which would be aimed for when treated someone with hypochondriasis
Less distress at thoughts of illness
Most useful type of group for carers
Support groups
Most useful type of group for people with alcohol or drug issues, or sexual deviancy
Problem focussed groups
Most useful type of group for people with phobias
Behavioural groups
