Addition of Time-Limited Psychotherapy to Medical Treatment in a General Medical Clinic

Predictors of fear of falling in dizzy and nondizzy elderly.

“…In addition, it included four subscales of the SCL-90-R, a self-report measure designed to assess psychological symptomatology in psychiatric and medical patients. The SCL-90-R has been widely validated in primary care and community settings (Derogatis, Lipman, Rickels, Uhlenhuth & Covi, 1974; Glass, Uhlenhuth, & Kellner, 1987; Meyer et al, 1981). It consists of 90 items that are rated on a 5-point scale of distress ranging from not at all (0) to extremely (4) (Derogatis, 1983, p. 2).…”

Psychological Factors Associated with Chronic Dizziness in Patients Aged 60 and Older

“…The intake questionnaire gathered information on demographics, past medical history, and current health status; it contained a 5‐point scale of instrumental activities of daily living, 18 a series of previously validated questions about current health status, 19 the CAGE alcoholism screen, 20,21 and a medication history. The screening psychological profile consisted of the anxiety, depression, somatization, and phobic anxiety subscales of the Symptom Checklist‐90 (SCL‐90‐R), a self‐administered instrument that has been widely validated in primary care and community settings 22–24 . The standardized dizziness history form was developed by one of the investigators (P.S.)…”

Efficacy and Emerging Trends in the Psychotherapy ‘Industry’

“…In fact, much of the community mental health field has moved so far from orthodoxy as to evoke calls now for it to include psychotherapy in its health care armamentarium (Shere, 1981). At the same time there is an increasing demand that time-limited psychotherapy be added to general medical practice both in hospitals (Meyer et al, 1981) and in the community (Phillips and Bierman, 1981).…”