title: Evaluation of a content-analysis system for therapeutic interviews.
abstract: The Zimmer and Cowles system for content analysis was tried out on psychotherapeutic sessions and on interviews with disturbed patients. It was found that the system indeed did seem to pick up improvement in psychotherapy, and to a lesser degree, differences in speech behavior between patients with radically differing pathologies. It also was concluded that the computer program for the content analysis system is not easily portable, but a SNOBOL equivalent is made available.
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000175:diagnosis; D014705:Verbal Behavior