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Krischer, Maya, Smolka, Benjamin, Voigt, Bernd, Lehmkuhl, Gerd, Flechtner, Hans-Henning, Franke, Sebastian, Hellmich, Martin and Trautmann-Voigt, Sabine (2020). Effects of long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy on life quality in mentally disturbed children. Psychother. Res., 30 (8). S. 1039 - 1048. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1468-4381

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Abstract

Objective: Long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for children aims not only at improving symptoms but also at changing the quality of life. To our knowledge, no studies exist to date that focused on both aspects. In this paper, we investigated changes in problem behavior and health-related quality of life based on long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy with children suffering from emotional and behavioral disorders. Method: We investigated 76 children in the treatment group and analyzed pre- and post-treatment symptoms. Furthermore, we compared the outcome data with a control group of 27 children of similar age and diagnoses who received no psychotherapy, both under routine care conditions. The children included in the study were treated on average for 66 sessions. Parent and adolescent ratings on the Achenbach Scales and the Quality of Life Inventory for Adolescents were compared before and after treatment. Results: We found a highly significant improvement of internalizing symptomatology based on parent ratings with a large effect. Different from prior investigations based on short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy we found changes in quality of life with large effects. Conclusion: These findings indicate that long-term psychodynamic treatment can improve life quality in children beyond symptom change.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Krischer, Maya UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Smolka, Benjamin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Voigt, Bernd UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lehmkuhl, Gerd UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Flechtner, Hans-Henning UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Franke, Sebastian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hellmich, Martin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Trautmann-Voigt, Sabine UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-126963
DOI:	10.1080/10503307.2019.1695169
Journal or Publication Title:	Psychother. Res.
Volume:	30
Number:	8
Page Range:	S. 1039 - 1048
Date:	2020
Publisher:	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	1468-4381
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; OF-LIFE; PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED-TRIAL; ADOLESCENTS; EFFICACY; DEPRESSION; DISORDERS; CHILDHOOD; SYMPTOMS Multiple languages Psychology, Clinical Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/12696