The Evidence-Base for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy With Children and Adolescents: A Narrative Synthesis.

ABSTRACT: Despite a rich theoretical and clinical history, psychodynamic child and adolescent psychotherapy has been slow to engage in the empirical assessment of its effectiveness. This systematic review aims to provide a narrative synthesis of the evidence base for psychodynamic therapy with children and adolescents. Building on two earlier systematic reviews, which covered the period up to 2017, the current study involved two stages: an updated literature search, covering the period between January 2017 and May 2020, and a narrative synthesis of these new studies with those identified in the earlier reviews. The updated search identified 37 papers (28 distinct studies). When combined with papers identified in the earlier systematic reviews, this resulted in a combined total of 123 papers (82 dist

SUBMITTER: Midgley N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8110733 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature