Cognitive — behavioural therapy and short -
term psychoanalytic psychotherapy versus brief psychosocial intervention in adolescents with unipolar major depression (IMPACT): a multicentre, pragmatic, observer - blind, randomised controlled trial.
CBT - E was superior to long -
term psychoanalytic psychotherapy with regard to abstinence from binge eating and purging at 5 months (ie, at the conclusion of CBTE - E and 5 months into long -
term psychoanalytic psychotherapy) and 24 months (ie, at the conclusion of long -
term psychoanalytic psychotherapy and 19 months after the conclusion of CBT - E) after the onset of treatment.
It has been hypothesised that long -
term psychoanalytic psychotherapy may be one promising approach to treating this disorder given its emphasis on increasing distress tolerance and insight into the functionality of symptoms.
However, long -
term psychoanalytic psychotherapy has not previously been studied for the treatment of bulimia nervosa.
Not exact matches
Few studies have specifically addressed this issue.14, 15 A large scale randomized control trial (RCT) comparing CBT, counselling and
psychoanalytic therapy with routine care found that, while all active treatments were moderately effective in treating depression and brought about short
term benefits in the quality of the mother - infant relationship, there was limited evidence of benefit to infant outcome; and effects (including those on maternal mood) were not apparent at follow - up.16, 17 Similarly, a recent RCT found that, although interpersonal
psychotherapy was effective in treating maternal depression, there was no benefit in
terms of observed mother - infant interactions, infant negative emotionality, and infant attachment security.18
Using
psychoanalytic psychotherapy, she counsels individuals, couples and families who want to address long
term problems and patterns.