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Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research 3: 108-121, 1994
Copyright © 1994 American Psychiatric Association, Inc.

Efficacy of Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy

Past, Present, and Future

JACQUES P. BARBER PH.D.1

1 Center for Psychotherapy Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3600 Market Street, Room 704, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2648.

The author outlines the history of brief dynamic psychotherapy, describes some of its characteristics, and addresses methodological requirements for assessing the efficacy of psychotherapy. Review of two major meta-analyses suggests that manual-based brief dynamic psychotherapy by trained therapists is likely to be as effective as other forms of psychotherapy and more effective than no treatment. More studies are needed that 1) compare brief dynamic psychotherapy with other forms of treatment for specific psychiatric disorders; 2) use theory-specific measures of outcome in addition to measures of symptoms; and 3) compare brief dynamic psychotherapy with long-term psychotherapy.

Submitted on March 23, 1993
Revised on August 30, 1993
Accepted on November 17, 1993




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