Zum Vergleich psychotherapeutisch behandelter und unbehandelter Patientengruppen

Spontaneous remission in adult neurotic disorders: A revision and summary.

“…The remaining four studies were added because I felt that they also contributed to our knowledge of minimal treatment outcomes. It should be noted that Rachman argued against the acceptance of the remission rates from the study by Cremerius (1969) and all four of the studies presented by Bergin (1971). These studies are grouped in Table 1.…”

“…They are distinguished by having received a minimum of psychotherapy and so may be thought of as providing information on minimal treatment outcome. Table 1 includes 6 of 12 studies reviewed by Rachman (1973): Landis (1937), Denker (1946), Shepherd & Gruenberg (1957), Giel, Knox, and Carstairs (1964), Cremerius (1969), andKedward (1969). Table 1 also includes 4 of 14 studies reviewed by Bergin (1971): Hastings (1958), Kringlen (1965), Vorster (1966), and Masterson (1967.…”

“…There is great variance in reported spontaneous remission rates just as there is great variance in the samples considered in these studies. The Cremerius (1969) study, reporting a remission rate of 8%, provides an excellent example of the possible lower range of remission rates. This may well represent the expected outcome in any study employing a very stringent change criterion, a sample of patients who have already had their neurotic difficulties for a minimum of 2 years and who have physiological disorders combined with their neurotic problems.…”