title: [Therapeutic goal of the patient as a criterion for prognosis and success of inpatient psychotherapy].
abstract: We assumed that a patient's statements about what he/she wants to achieve by psychotherapy (subjective therapy-goals) may contain information about his/her capability and willingness to cooperate in the therapeutic process; insofar they are relevant for the study of indications and outcome of a psychotherapeutic treatment. We studied therapy-goals given by 480 patients during their first therapeutic contact. We differentiated the data according to contents resp. directions of expectation and conceptualized the level of intended change. 75 of the 480 patients did not receive any treatment, 43 gave up therapy prematurely. In answering the question "what do you want to achieve by psychotherapy?", which forms a part of the first interview as well as of our anamnestic questionnaire, both groups showed prognostically relevant differences in comparison to fully treated patients. For the remaining 362 patients, who had been admitted, their initial goals were compared with finally attained goals. This yielded significant results concerning success of treatment, which were validated by a simultaneous rating of therapy-goals for every individual patient by researchers resp. therapists.
mesh_terms: D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D009042:Motivation; D011379:Prognosis; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D012718:Set, Psychology
vernacular_title: Das Therapieziel des Patienten als ein Kriterium für Prognose und Erfolg in der stationären Psychotherapie.