Factores que interfieren en el curso del tratamiento de los problemas de ansiedad: La prolongación y la terminación prematura del tratamiento

  1. Ignacio Fernández-Arias
  2. Mónica Bernaldo-de-Quirós
  3. Francisco Labrador
  4. Francisco J. Estupiñá
  5. Marta Labrador-Méndez
Zeitschrift:
Papeles del psicólogo

ISSN: 0214-7823,  1886-1415

Datum der Publikation: 2019

Titel der Ausgabe: La psicoterapia como ciencia humana

Ausgabe: 40

Nummer: 1

Seiten: 15-20

Art: Artikel

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Zusammenfassung

The efficacy and the effectiveness of anxiety disorder treatments have been proven. However, the desired results are not always achieved. Studying the factors that interfere with the natural course of the treatments could help to correct and to adapt them. Two of these factors are the unnecessary prolongation of treatments and premature termination. As expected, the duration of the treatment depends on the nature of the problem and the existence of comorbid problems, however also treatments that are too ambitious (an excess of techniques) or combined with pharmacological treatments (increasing sessions by up to 21%) have a longer duration. Premature termination was around 30-35% and patients “announce” their drop-out by displaying poorer task performance and more irregular attendance from the beginning. More than 50% of the therapeutic dropout occurs before the eighth session and 80% of successful treatments were completed before the 20th session

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