A cross-sectional survey of child and adolescent analysts in New York City.
The field of child and adolescent psychoanalysis has been considered an endangered specialty for many decades. This study surveyed the nature of the practice of child and adolescent analysts (graduates and candidates) affiliated with three institutes accredited by the American Psychoanalytic Association in the New York City area. Sixty-one percent of those surveyed (63 of 103) responded. The child and adolescent analysts in this cohort treat a total of 201 adult, child, and adolescent analytic cases (M = 3.2, SD = 2.6). Of these cases, 17% are at a three-times-weekly frequency. Child and adolescent analytic practice is small, with a total of 56 analytic cases (M = .9, SD = 1.2). While 64% of these analysts have no child or adolescent analytic cases currently in treatment, 24% have very active child and adolescent analytic practices, conducting 73% of all the child and adolescent analyses reported. Implications of these findings and recommendations for future work are discussed.
Hoffman
Leon
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Research Center and Pacella Parent Child Center, New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, USA. hoffman.leon@gmail.com
Karush
Ruth K
RK
Garfinkle
Michael S
MS
Roose
Steven P
SP
Cherry
Sabrina
S
D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires