Therapists Who Treat Schizophrenic Patients: Characterization

Do therapists' subjective variables impact on psychodynamic psychotherapy outcomes? A systematic literature review

“…FIS = Facilitative Interpersonal Skills performance task (Anderson, Patterson, & Weis, ); SSI = Social Skills Inventory (Riggio, ); NPCS = Narrative Process Coding System; ASQ = Attachment Styles Questionnaire (Feeney, Noller, & Hanrahan, ); TASC‐2 = Therapeutic Attitudes Scales‐2 (Sandell et al, ); EPQ = Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (Eysenck & Eysenck, ); INTREX = Introject Questionnaire (Benjamin, ); RSQ = Relationship Scale Questionnaire (Griffin & Bartholomew, ); SASB = Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (Benjamin, ); IIP = Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (Horowitz, Alden, Wiggins, & Pincus, ); RI = Relationship Inventory (Barrett‐Lennard, ); TOQ = Therapy Opinion Questionnaire (Frosch et al, ); DPCCQ = Development of Psychotherapists Common Core Questionnaire (Orlinsky & Rønnestad, ); PBI = Parental Bonding Instrument (Parker, Tuplin, & Brown, ); MSCEIT V.2 = Mayer et al (); RVS = Rokeach Value Survey (Rokeach, ); PAFS‐Q = Personal Authority in the Family System Questionnaire (Bray, Williamson, & Malone, ); RFS = Reflective Functioning Scale (Fonagy, Steele, Steele, & Target, ); TRI‐M = Therapist Interview at Midphase; KIMS = Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (Baer et al, ); AAI = Adult Attachment Interview (Main et al, ); ISSA = In‐Session Self‐Awareness Scale; ERC = Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (Brennan, Clark, & Shaver,); HEXACO = Honesty–Humility, Emotionality, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness to Experience (Lee & Ashton, ); HSQ = Humor Style Questionnaire (Martin, Puhlik‐Doris, Larsen, Gray, & Weir, ); Playfulness Scale (Schaefer & Greenberg, ).…”

Effects of Psychotherapy in Schizophrenia: II. Comparative Outcome of Two Forms of Treatment

“…For example, at McLean there was more institutional support for the practice of EIO therapy, and the patients had more support for continuing in therapy both during their hospitalization and after discharge than was the case at BU or the VA. McLean therapists also had more experience in treating schizophrenic patients than did the BU and VA therapists. In both their attitudes and practices, the McLean EIO and RAS groups of therapists were more sharply divergent, and the therapies they conducted were more distinct in the ways called for by the study design, i.e., in content and frequency of sessions (Frosch, Gunderson, and Stanton 1983). It thus seemed possible that the specific effects of the EIO treatment might emerge more dearly in the McLean setting than in the other settings, or that the effects of the EIO and RAS treatments might vary among the three patient samples.…”

Jung's views on causes and treatments of schizophrenia in light of current trends in cognitive neuroscience and psychotherapy research II: Psychological research and treatment

“…573). The latter point anticipated later research on therapist personality characteristics associated with successful psychotherapy of people with schizophrenia (Cancro ; Frosch et al ; Whitehorn and Betz, ).…”