title: The first trial of the P technique in psychotherapy research--a still-lively legacy.
abstract: A 49-year-old study of P technique applied to a psychotherapy patient with a recurrent physical symptom is dusted off and re-presented, together with examples of other studies with similar methods conducted since then. The specific aims were to understand the main dimensions of psychotherapeutic change as well as the context for the recurrent symptom. The general aims were to illustrate the contributions from applying the P technique to psychotherapy research to psychosomatic medicine, and to personality research.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Luborsky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012106:Research; D013270:Stomach / Q000503:physiopathology