Psychotherapy Dropout: Using the Adolescent Psychotherapy Q-Set to Explore the Early In-Session Process of Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.

ABSTRACT: Research suggests that short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (STPP) is an effective treatment for depression in adolescence, yet treatment dropout is a major concern and what leads to dropout is poorly understood. Whilst studies have begun to explore the role of patient and therapist variables, there is a dearth of research on the actual therapy process and investigation of the interaction between patient and therapist. This study aims to address this paucity through the utilisation of the Adolescent Psychotherapy Q-set (APQ) to examine the early treatment period. The sample includes 69 adolescents aged 16-18 years with major depressive disorder receiving STPP as part of the First Experimental Study of Transference Work-in Teenagers (FEST-IT) trial. Of these, 21 were identified as dropout

SUBMITTER: Fredum HG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8568886 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature