title: Assaultive behavior intervention in the Veterans Administration: psychodynamic group psychotherapy compared to cognitive behavior therapy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the efficacy of a psychodynamic psychotherapy group (PPG) and a cognitive-behavior group (CBG) for male veterans with a history of assault.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data collected included the Addiction Severity Index, the Overt Aggression Scale, and the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory. Subjects (N = 27) were assigned randomly to a central group, PPG, or CBG. Analyses included an overall comparison of the groups as well as repeated-measures analyses and adjustments for covariates.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The PPG showed a trend toward improvement of overt aggression and significant improvement of trait aggression compared with CBG. There were no differences in state aggression or efforts to control aggression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Both the PPG and CBG are effective treatments for aggression.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Service Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Administration Hospital, Bedford, MA, USA. Marilyn.lanza@med.va.gov
authors.forename: Marilyn L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lanza
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Charles M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Boisvert
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: LeBlanc
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fardy
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Steel
mesh_terms: D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology