This document reviews outcome studies on the long- and short-term treatment of depression and critiques the methodologies used in these studies. Twenty-four studies comparing length of treatment and outcome of psychotherapy are included in the review. The majority of the studies reviewed involved individual adult outpatients as subjects. The terms…

In this study, Hull's Drive Theory was applied to a test of the effects of general anxiety and situational stress upon speakers' lexical diversity, speaking rate, speaking time, and evaluations made of the speakers' ability. Recordings of speeches made by 122 individuals were rated by three judges on scales measuring central idea and analysis,…