Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Research: Evidence-Based Practice and Practice-Based Evidence

✍ Scribed by Jeremy D. Safran, Alexandra G. Shaker (auth.), Raymond A. Levy, J. Stuart Ablon, Horst Kächele (eds.)

• Publisher: Humana Press
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 680
• Edition: 2012
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Research: Evidence-Based Practice and Practice-Based Evidence continues the important work of the first book published in 2009 by Humana Press (Handbook of Evidence-Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice). This landmark title presents in one volume significant developments in research, including neuroscience research, in psychodynamic psychotherapy by a team of renowned clinician-researchers. The demand for ongoing research initiatives in psychodynamic psychotherapy from both internal and external sources has increased markedly in recent years, and this volume continues to demonstrate the efficacy and effectiveness of a psychodynamic approach to psychotherapeutic interventions in the treatment of psychological problems. The work in this volume is presented in the spirit of ongoing discussion between researchers and clinicians about the value of specific approaches to specific patients with specific psychiatric and psychological problems. Multiple forms of treatment interventions have been developed over the past fifty years, and this volume makes clear, with firm evidence, the authors’ support for the current emphasis on personalized medicine. Groundbreaking and a major contribution to the psychiatric and psychologic literature, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Research: Evidence-Based Practice and Practice-Based Evidence provides firm grounding for advancing psychodynamic psychotherapy as a treatment paradigm.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Commentary: Research on Short- and Long-Term Psychoanalytic Treatment – The Current State of the Art....Pages 3-8
The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy....Pages 9-25
Effectiveness of Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: First Meta-Analytic Evidence and Its Discussion....Pages 27-49
Must All Have Prizes? The Munich Psychotherapy Study....Pages 51-69
The Helsinki Psychotherapy Study: Effectiveness, Sufficiency, and Suitability of Short- and Long-Term Psychotherapy....Pages 71-94
Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Therapies for Depression: The Evidence Base....Pages 95-116
Evidence-Based Psychodynamic Treatments for Anxiety Disorders: A Review....Pages 117-137
An Update and Overview of the Empirical Evidence for Transference-Focused Psychotherapy and Other Psychotherapies for Borderline Personality Disorder....Pages 139-167
What Happens After Treatment: Can Structural Change be a Predictor of Long-Term Outcome?....Pages 169-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Commentary: Neurobiology of Psychotherapy – State of the Art and Future Directions....Pages 187-192
Neural Models of Psychodynamic Concepts and Treatments: Implications for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy....Pages 193-218
Toward Molecular Psychotherapy of Depression?....Pages 219-232
Psychotherapy Increases the Amount of Serotonin Receptors in the Brains of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder....Pages 233-238
Neural Correlates of Emotion, Cognition, and Attachment in Borderline Personality Disorder and Its Clinical Implications....Pages 239-256
Neurobiologically Informed Psychotherapy of Borderline Personality Disorder....Pages 257-268
Foundations of Psychodynamic Therapy: Implicit Emotional Learning....Pages 269-282
Neurobiological Correlates of the Psychotherapy Relationship and E.M.P.A.T.H.Y.: The Role of Biomarkers in Psychotherapy....Pages 283-300
Bridging Technology and Psychotherapy: Toward Investigating Psychological and Neural Correlates of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy....Pages 301-312
The Neurobiological Foundations of Psychotherapy....Pages 313-334
Front Matter....Pages 335-335
Commentary: The Coming of Age of Psychoanalytic Treatment Research....Pages 337-343
Front Matter....Pages 335-335
Process and Outcome in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Research: The Need for a (Relatively) New Paradigm....Pages 345-359
How to Make Practical Use of Therapeutic Alliance Research in Your Clinical Work....Pages 361-380
The Contributions of the Psychotherapy Process Q-Set to Psychotherapy Research....Pages 381-400
Attachment Theory and Research: Implications for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy....Pages 401-416
Accuracy of Defense Interpretation in Three Character Types....Pages 417-447
When Is Transference Work Useful in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy? A Review of Empirical Research....Pages 449-467
Front Matter....Pages 469-469
Single-Case Research: The German Specimen Case Amalia X....Pages 471-486
Combining Idiographic and Nomothetic Approaches to Single-Case Research....Pages 487-508
A Session of Psychoanalysis as Analyzed by the Psychotherapy Process Q-Set: Amalia X, Session 152....Pages 509-526
Front Matter....Pages 527-527
Ten Diverse Outcome Measures for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Research....Pages 529-552
Empirically Informed Clinical Interviewing for Personality Disorders....Pages 553-569
The Structured Interview of Personality Organization (STIPO): An Instrument to Assess Severity and Change of Personality Pathology....Pages 571-592
Back Matter....Pages 593-646