title: The significance of the patient-therapist relationship in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive neurosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Catholic University Nijmegen, Department of Clinical and Personality Psychology, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hoogduin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Haan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schaap
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011613:Psychotherapy