The significance of the patient-therapist relationship in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive neurosis.
Results are presented of two studies into the predictive value of the therapeutic relationship in the treatment of 60 and 25 obsessive-compulsive patients. A relationship was found between the therapist's score on the Barret-Lennard Relationship Inventory, assessed after the second and 10th sessions. As far as the patients' scores were concerned, however, a significant correlation with outcome was found only after the 10th session.
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Catholic University Nijmegen, Department of Clinical and Personality Psychology, The Netherlands.
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D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011613:Psychotherapy