title: [Effectiveness of out-patient psychotherapy--a multimethod study in the German speaking part of Switzerland].
abstract: The present paper describes an effectiveness-study to analyze the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic treatments. In the documentation phase of three years 24 therapists documented 93 psychotherapies. The patients represent a general population of health care takers. The treatments have an average duration of 45 appointments over 62 weeks. Good results are being achieved within this short period of treatment. The reduction of symptoms (global severity index GSI of SCL-90-R) reaches a high effectsize; regarding their symptoms 46 % of the patients can be considered as cured and 74 % as cured or improved.
authors.affiliation: Zürcher Hochschule Angewandte Wissenschaften ZHAW, Department Psychologie, Zürich, Schweiz. hugo.gruenwald@zhaw.ch
authors.forename: Hugo Stephan
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Grünwald
authors.forename: Andreas Zoltán
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Kiss
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013557:Switzerland; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult