title: Predictors of discharge in child psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This empirical study was based on the analysis of the results of a study about dropout predictors among in child psychoanalytic psychotherapy. The objectives were to characterize the sample of children discharged from psychoanalytic psychotherapy, examine the association between sociodemographic/ clinical variables and child psychoanalytic psychotherapy discharge, and determine predictors of discharge in child psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  This quantitative, descriptive and retrospective study analyzed the clinical records of 600 children treated in three institutions that offer graduate courses in psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analysis of clinical records revealed that 24.2% of the child patients were discharged from treatment. Neurological assessment and treatment duration were predictors of discharge in child psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The predictors of discharge and dropout may coincide, but they are not the same. In this sample, the construction of the therapeutic alliance and the understanding of the reasons why children need psychotherapy by their parents or guardians may explain our findings.
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Izabel Cristina
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Paez
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Lucia Tiellet
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vânia Naomi
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Hirakata
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011379:Prognosis; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies