Research Abstracts and Book Reviews

This sophisticated meta-analysis, selecting only “gold-standard” random controlled trials from the literature again affirms that there is evidence that Long-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy is effective treatment for complex mental disorders.

Doidge makes the case for “neuroplasticity”: that the organic brain has the capacity to change, offering well substantiated cases of quite extraordinary adaptations to brain damage and disorder, in line with the assertion that demonstrable changes in brain function can be brought about by psychotherapeutic interventions.

Aim : To examine the comparative efficacy of long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (LTPP) in complex mental disorders.