[The integration of psychopharmacotherapy and psychoanalytical psychotherapy: a critical review].
OBJECTIVE
Integration between psychotherapy and psychopharmacotherapy has been a conflicting subject in the history of psychiatry. To date, dichotomy between "biological" and "psychological" models is noticed, although recent studies have been showing the importance of the association of these modalities in the current psychiatric practice. This study attempts to review psychodynamic, technical, and other issues involving the integration of pharmacological and psychotherapeutical treatments.


METHODS
Literature search was based on MEDLINE, PsychoINFO and Lilacs, referring to the period from 1966 to September 2002.


RESULTS
The studies reviewed demonstrated that the application of combined treatment might be positive.


CONCLUSIONS
The efficacy of the combined treatment depends on the capacity of the integration of the different forms of treatment. More research is necessary in this area.
Frey
Benício Noronha
BN
Serviço de Psiquiatria, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básicas de Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Mabilde
Luiz Carlos
LC
Eizirik
Cláudio Laks
CL
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs