PMID- 24029539 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140318 LR - 20220310 IS - 1472-1465 (Electronic) IS - 0007-1250 (Linking) VI - 203 IP - 3 DP - 2013 Sep TI - Comparison of short- and long-term dynamic group psychotherapy: randomised clinical trial. PG - 280-7 LID - 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.113688 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: There are no randomised clinical trials comparing the outcomes of short- with long-term psychodynamic group psychotherapy. AIMS: To compare differences in outcome during and after short- and long-term group psychotherapy. METHOD: In total, 167 out-patients with mood, anxiety and personality disorders were randomised to short- or long-term group therapy (20 or 80 weekly, 90 min sessions). Outcome measures were: symptoms (Symptom Checklist 90 - Revised), interpersonal problems (Inventory of Interpersonal Problems - Circumplex) and psychosocial functioning (Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) split version: GAF-Symptom and GAF-Function). Change over the 3-year study period was assessed using linear mixed models. The study was registered in clinicalTrials.gov as NCT00521417. RESULTS: Patients in both groups made significant gains. A significantly larger symptomatic change over time was found for long-term compared with short-term therapy, but no significant differences were detected for the three remaining outcome variables. There was a higher number of premature terminations in the long-term (33.3%) compared with the short-term group (8.6%). CONCLUSIONS: Short- and long-term therapy seem equally effective for typical out-patients seeking group psychotherapy, except for symptomatic distress. FAU - Lorentzen, Steinar AU - Lorentzen S AD - Steinar Lorentzen, MD, PhD, Department for Research and Development, Clinic for Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo; Torleif Ruud, MD, PhD, Department for Research and Development, Division of Mental Health Services, Akershus University Hospital, Lorenskog, and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo; Anette Fjeldstad, MD, Department of Research and Development, Clinic for Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital; Per Hoglend, MD, PhD, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. FAU - Ruud, Torleif AU - Ruud T FAU - Fjeldstad, Anette AU - Fjeldstad A FAU - Hoglend, Per AU - Hoglend P LA - eng SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT00521417 PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Multicenter Study PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130912 PL - England TA - Br J Psychiatry JT - The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science JID - 0342367 SB - IM EIN - Br J Psychiatry. 2013 Nov;203(5):392 CIN - Int J Group Psychother. 2014 Oct;64(4):587-91. PMID: 25188571 MH - Adult MH - Anxiety Disorders/*therapy MH - Clinical Competence/standards MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Interpersonal Relations MH - Male MH - Mood Disorders/*therapy MH - Personality Disorders/*therapy MH - Psychotherapy, Group/*methods/standards MH - Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic/*methods/standards MH - Treatment Outcome EDAT- 2013/09/14 06:00 MHDA- 2014/03/19 06:00 CRDT- 2013/09/14 06:00 PHST- 2013/09/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/09/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/03/19 06:00 [medline] AID - S0007125000053095 [pii] AID - 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.113688 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Br J Psychiatry. 2013 Sep;203(3):280-7. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.113688. Epub 2013 Sep 12.