title: The efficacy of a brief supportive psychodynamic therapy in treating anxious-depressive disorder in Daily Hospital.
abstract: Study objective is to determine the efficacy of brief supportive psychodynamic therapy in treating anxious-depressive disorder in Daily hospital within the Psychological Medicine Clinic. The study comprised a total of 45 male subjects, in which an admission to the Daily Hospital was indicated. On the occasion of the hospital admission, as well as following the completion of a one month-lasting partial hospitalisation within the Daily Hospital, the subjects had undergone testing using a number of psychological instruments. There weren't established statistically significant differences in clinical presentations of the treated patients. A partial, one month-lasting hospitalisation, did not yield any changes in clinical presentation an anxious-depressive disorder. Due to the fact that this psychotherapeutic method should be applied for quite some time in order to yield results, and is not expected to be effective in a close range, a one-month lasting treatment is definitely not long enough to be effective.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Psychological Medicine, University Hospital Center "Zagreb", Zagreb, Croatia. lovorka@hi.htnet.hr
authors.forename: Lovorka
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brajković
authors.forename: Sasa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jevtović
authors.forename: Vedran
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bilić
authors.forename: Marijana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bras
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Loncar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011613:Psychotherapy