title: Private psychotherapy patients of psychiatrist psychoanalysts.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The characteristics of private psychotherapy patients of medical psychoanalysts are described.
  
  
  METHODS
  A structured interview was administered to 51 medical psychoanalysts. Patients' demographic characteristics, historical features, and other clinically relevant aspects of behavior were assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 575 patients, 88% had at least one axis I disorder and 46% had at least one axis I and one axis II disorder. Treatment duration varied from less than 6 months to more than 6 years. Forty-three percent of the patients were also treated with psychotropic drugs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The patients in this cohort met the criteria for DSM-IV psychiatric disorders, had lifetime histories of major psychiatric disturbances, and were not the "worried well."
authors.affiliation: American Academy of Psychoanalysis, USA. drrcf@aol.com
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bucci
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Christian
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Drucker
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Garrison
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012067:Religion; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs