Abstract Background Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) is an
intervention introduced by Davanloo in order to treat anxiety, mood and somatic symptom …

Habib Davanloo has spent his career developing and teaching methods to accelerate
dynamic psychotherapy, including his technique of intensive short‐term dynamic …

BACKGROUND: Brief dynamic therapy (BDT) has been shown to be effective in treating
depressive disorders. Nevertheless, whether its effect is related to the severity of depression …

Background: Although many evidences suggest the presence of specific therapeutic factors
in brief dynamic therapy (BDT), few studies have investigated its efficacy in the treatment of …

BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of controlled trials examining the efficacy of brief
dynamic psychotherapy (BDT) in the treatment of major depressive disorder, especially in a …

Background For severe and chronic depression, inpatient treatment may be necessary.
Current guidelines recommend combined psychological and pharmacological treatments for …

This study examined the efficacy of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) on
depressive symptoms and executive functioning in patients with major depression. We …

Background A few recent studies have found indications of the effectiveness of inpatient
psychotherapy for depression, usually of an extended duration. However, there is a lack of …

Brief dynamic therapy (BDT) is a time-limited, focused psychodynamic intervention that
derives its principles from the psychoanalytic theory. The efficacy of BDT in the treatment of …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of two brief psychotherapy models for major
depressive disorder (MDD). This is a randomized clinical trial with 247 individuals …