title: Patterns of interpersonal problems and their improvement in depressive and anxious patients treated with psychoanalytic therapy.
abstract: Interpersonal problems were studied in 121 patients treated with psychoanalytic therapy using the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems. Four characteristic subtypes were identified, which differed in the quality and flexibility of their interpersonal behavior. Independent of the predominant type of interpersonal problems, the psychotherapy treatment led to strong decreases in interpersonal distress and increases in interpersonal differentiation. Psychoanalytic therapy was highly effective for all identified interpersonal subtypes and seems to help patients achieve more satisfactory relationships.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Georg-August-University Goettingen. ssalzer@gwdg.de
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salzer
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leibing
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jakobsen
authors.forename: Gerd
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rudolf
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brockmann
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eckert
authors.forename: Dorothea
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: Günther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Klug
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Henrich
authors.forename: Tilmann
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Grande
authors.forename: Wolfram
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kreische
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biskup
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Staats
authors.forename: Jasmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Warwas
authors.forename: Falk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leichsenring
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult