Individual factors affecting the improvement of anxiety during a therapeutic period of 1 1/2 to 2 years.
Thirty neurotic outpatients suffering from pronounced anxiety were studied and after a therapeutic period of 1.5 to 2 years. The patients were described by means of rating scales and two perceptgenetic methods, the Meta-Contrast Technique and the Afterimage Experiment. It was possible to associate original status with improvement or non-improvement of manifest anxiety. The most positive prognostic sign was sensitivity to marginal (inner and outer) cues, whereas the most negative signs were pre-psychotic discontinuities, projection, and lack of defence mechanisms.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000360:Afterimage; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D011379:Prognosis; D011613:Psychotherapy