title: Psychodynamic psychotherapy with adolescents and young adults: Outcome in routine practice.
abstract: This naturalistic study examined the outcome of psychodynamic psychotherapy with 218 adolescents and young adults aged 14-24 years. Analysis of variance showed significant improvement of general functioning on Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS) and Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) and decreased symptom severity on Symptoms Checklist-90 (SCL-90) upon completion of psychotherapy, as well as a clinically significant improvement in a large percentage of cases. Effect sizes were equivalent to those evident in a clinical comparison group and larger than in prior research. The main limitation of this study was the lack of a control group, partially compensated for through the use of comparison groups and high external validity. The study seeks to fill a gap in an important yet overlooked field of research.
authors.affiliation: The Erica Foundation, Sweden julia.edlund@ericastiftelsen.se.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nemirovski Edlund
authors.affiliation: The Erica Foundation, Sweden Department of Education, Stockholm University, Sweden.
authors.forename: Gunnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carlberg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D064889:Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Psychodynamic psychotherapy; child and adolescent psychotherapy; outcome research; routine practice; young adults