Thirteen patients who had been treated with psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for sex offenses completed Hamilton Anxiety and Depression Scales, Beck Depression Inventory, and Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. Found, among other things, reduction in anxiety and depression, greater ability to engage in psychotherapy, decrease in paraphilic…

Followed 46 male patients with paraphilic sexual disorders for 5 or more years in Johns Hopkins Sexual Disorders Unit. All patients received equivalent amounts of group psychotherapy. Of these, 17 relapsed. Rate of relapse among subjects receiving treatment with medroxy-progestorone acetate was 15 percent whereas rate of relapse among subjects not…

Presents interview with Alexander Lowen, prominent psychotherapist, who discusses his personal and professional development, as well as the evolution of bioenergetic analysis. Includes a list of suggested readings by Lowen. (Author/NB)

Studied client retrospective recall of major misunderstanding events in 19 cases of therapy. Found that good relationship, clients' willingness to assert negative feelings about being misunderstood, and therapists' facilitation of mutual repair effort through maintaining flexible and accepting stance typically led to resolution. (Author/NB)

Comments on previous articles (this issue) by Solberg et al., Tata and Leong, and Lin on help-seeking behaviors of Asian Americans. Sees articles as dispelling false images and stereotypes about mental health needs of Asian Americans. Suggests that future research focus on diversity of Asian American population and development of theories and…

Responds to previous article by Gelso and Carter (this issue) on components of psychotherapy relationship: working alliance, transference configuration, and real relationship. Notes that, although Gelso and Carter have revised their earlier model of counseling relationship by including 19 propositions about how components of model interact and…

Responds to comments by Greenberg and by Patton (both this issue) addressing ambiguities in Gelso and Carter's article (this issue) on components of psychotherapy relationship. In reply, discusses issue of how general theory ought to be to have maximal impact on research and practice. Questions number of Greenberg's assertions about Gelso and…

Evaluated treatment effects in single session process using problem-focused approach and solution-focused approach. Findings indicated significant difference between two approaches when dealing with client's perceived problem improvement, outcome expectancy, session depth, session smoothness, and session positivity. Found no significant…

Drug metaphor suggests that administering relatively high level of process component that is part of successful psychotherapy should yield relatively positive outcome, and levels of process and outcome should be correlated. Compared 5 verbal process components with rate of change in 3 symptom intensity measures across treatment of 39 psychotherapy…

Presents a prose-poetry tale which examines the use of writing as a pathway out of an eating disorder. Highlights the need for persons with an eating problem to find their own voice and describe their experiences in their own words rather than the restrictive narrative of an eating problem. Stresses the value of eliciting reflective, as well as…

Summarizes three studies on psychoanalytic psychotherapeutic treatment of diabetic children and adolescents with grossly abnormal blood glucose profiles necessitating repeated admissions to hospital. Used time series analysis, comparative analysis, and single-case experimental design to illustrate effectiveness of psychotherapeutic intervention…

Evaluated characteristics of research on child and adolescent psychotherapy, codifying 223 published studies of psychotherapy from 1970 to 1988 to characterize research, clinical, and methodological characteristics. Found treatment research focused on impact of techniques with little attention to influences that may moderate outcome. Other…

Notes that, in assessing and diagnosing children and adolescents for psychological treatment, attention must be paid to variations across sources of assessment data, comorbidity of diagnoses, and potential utility of family diagnosis. Presents specific methodological recommendations regarding randomized clinical trials, control groups, dependent…

Evaluated effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) and group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for binge eating among 56 women with nonpurging bulimia. At posttreatment, both CBT and IPT conditions showed significant improvement in reducing binge eating, compared to waiting-list condition. Binge eating remained significantly…

Lists 19 new publications in group work and reviews 7 of these. Publications reviewed focus on group counseling and group psychotherapy, structured groups, training groups, and group dynamics. (Author)