Patterns of interpersonal problems and their improvement in depressive and anxious patients treated with psychoanalytic therapy

Interpersonal problems were studied in 121 patients treated with psychoanalytic therapy using the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems. Four characteristic subtypes were identified, which differed in the quality and flexibility of their interpersonal behavior. Independent of the predominant type of i...

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Published in:Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic 2010-12, Vol.74 (4), p.283-300
Main Authors: SALZER, Simone, LEIBING, Eric, KELLER, Wolfram, KREISCHE, Reinhard, BISKUP, Joachim, STAATS, Hermann, WARWAS, Jasmin, LEICHSENRING, Falk, JAKOBSEN, Thorsten, RUDOLF, Gerd, BROCKMANN, Josef, ECKERT, Jochen, HUBER, Dorothea, KLUG, Günther, HENRICH, Gerhard, GRANDE, Tilmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anxiety Disorders - diagnosis
Biological and medical sciences
Cluster Analysis
Depressive Disorder - diagnosis
Differentiation
Female
Flexibility
Humans
Individual psychotherapy
Interpersonal problems
Interpersonal psychotherapy
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalytic Therapy
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapies. Psychological and clinical counseling
Social Behavior Disorders - diagnosis
Social Behavior Disorders - psychology
Social Behavior Disorders - therapy
Subtypes
Treatment Outcome
Treatments
Young Adult
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Summary:Interpersonal problems were studied in 121 patients treated with psychoanalytic therapy using the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems. Four characteristic subtypes were identified, which differed in the quality and flexibility of their interpersonal behavior. Independent of the predominant type of interpersonal problems, the psychotherapy treatment led to strong decreases in interpersonal distress and increases in interpersonal differentiation. Psychoanalytic therapy was highly effective for all identified interpersonal subtypes and seems to help patients achieve more satisfactory relationships.
ISSN:0025-9284
1943-2828
DOI:10.1521/bumc.2010.74.4.283