title: Psychotherapy: past training and current practice.
abstract: Our 1988 survey of Texas psychiatrists indicates that hospital work is more common, and long-term psychotherapy less common than it had been in the 1982 APA survey. Almost 85% reported long-term psychotherapy experience as residents. Thirty-nine percent reported multiple patients treated for approximately 2 years. Use of audio techniques by resident and teacher in the post-1970-trained group predicted current long-term therapy activity as did an experience of personal therapy and seeing a patient at least twice weekly in training. Concurrent drug use is widely reported for long-term psychotherapy patients and to a lesser degree in psychoanalysis. Our data suggest a shift to increased hospital work and decreased long-term psychotherapy.
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Harper
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002568:Certification / Q000639:trends; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000639:trends; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000639:trends; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000639:trends*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000639:trends; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013781:Texas
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs