Effectiveness of psychological treatments delivered at a counseling service for students.
This study adds to the international literature on the assessment of the effectiveness of psychotherapies delivered by university counseling centers. The present study evaluated the effectiveness of psychotherapy in 226 students (179 women, 47 men; M age = 24.8 yr., SD = 4.0) who started psychotherapy treatment at the counseling service of the University of Bologna, Italy, between January 2008 and October 2010. The Symptom Questionnaire (SQ) was completed twice, before and after the psychotherapeutic treatment. Significant improvements were observed after therapy in all the SQ dimensions' scores, indicating the effectiveness of the therapy in reducing the students' distress.
Fiorella
F
Monti
Lorenzo
L
Tonetti
Pio Enrico Ricci
PE
Bitti
D000328:Adult; D003376:Counseling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy*; D013333:Student Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult