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Individual psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis for schizophrenia and severe mental illness

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, July 2001
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Title
Individual psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis for schizophrenia and severe mental illness
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, July 2001
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd001360
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Authors

Lena Malmberg, Mark Fenton, John Rathbone

Abstract

People with schizophrenia and severe mental illness may require considerable support from health care professionals, in most cases over a long period of time. Research on the effects of psychotherapy for schizophrenia shows mixed results. Although pharmacological interventions remain the treatment of choice for schizophrenia patients, it is also of interest to look at the effects of treatment methods focusing on psychosocial factors affecting schizophrenia. To review the effects of individual psychodynamic psychotherapy and/or psychoanalysis for people with schizophrenia or severe mental illness. Electronic searches of Biological Abstracts (1985-1999), CINAHL (1982-1999), The Cochrane Library CENTRAL (Issue 1, 1999), The Cochrane Schizophrenia Group's Register (2000), Dissertation Abstracts On Disc (1866-1999), EMBASE (1980-1999), MEDLINE (1966-1999), National Research Register (2000), PsycLIT (1974-1999), and Sociofile (1974-1998) were made. Authors of included trials were contacted for information on further trials. All randomised trials of individual psychodynamic psychotherapy or psychoanalysis for people with schizophrenia or severe mental illness (however defined) were selected. Data were independently extracted by at least two reviewers. For dichotomous data relative risks (RR) were calculated and for continuous data weighted mean differences (WMD) between groups were calculated. No trials of a psychoanalytic approach were identified. Data are sparse for all comparisons involving a psychodynamic approach. There is no evidence of any positive effect of psychodynamic therapy and the possibility of adverse effects seems never to have been considered. The psychodynamic approach may be more acceptable to people than a more cognitive reality-adaptive therapy. Current data do not support the use of psychodynamic psychotherapy techniques for hospitalised people with schizophrenia. If psychoanalytic therapy is being used for people with schizophrenia there is an urgent need for trials.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 2 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Poland 1 <1%
Unknown 212 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 37 17%
Student > Bachelor 30 14%
Researcher 28 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 27 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 6%
Other 35 16%
Unknown 49 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 71 33%
Medicine and Dentistry 45 21%
Nursing and Health Professions 20 9%
Social Sciences 8 4%
Neuroscience 4 2%
Other 14 6%
Unknown 56 26%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 March 2024.
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#1,637,606
of 25,494,370 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#3,520
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#1,159
of 40,443 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#2
of 21 outputs
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