Background Since the mid‐1970s, short‐term psychodynamic psychotherapies (STPP) for a
broad range of psychological and somatic disorders have been developed and studied …

This article reviews the process and outcome research on emotion in psychotherapy. Four
distinct types of emotion processes are identified in the literature as useful in therapy …

We conducted a meta-analysis of randomized trials in which the effects of treatment with
antidepressant medication were compared to the effects of combined pharmacotherapy and …

In this report, which is an update of a guideline published in 2002 (Bandelow et al. 2002,
World J Biol Psychiatry 3: 171), recommendations for the pharmacological treatment of …

Background The efficacy of psychodynamic therapy is controversial. Previous meta-
analyses have reported discrepant results. Objective To test the efficacy of short-term …

Psychodynamic therapy (PDT) is an umbrella concept for treatments that operate on an
interpretive-supportive continuum and is frequently used in clinical practice. The use of any …

Panic disorder is a common mental disorder that affects up to 5% of the population at some
point in life. It is often disabling, especially when complicated by agoraphobia, and is …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of panic-focused
psychodynamic psychotherapy relative to applied relaxation training, a credible …

BackgroundInsufficient evidence exists for a viable choice between long-and short-term
psychotherapies in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. The present trial compares the …

There is a need for empirical outcome research in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic
therapy. However, both the approach of empirically supported therapies (EST) and the …