Community Mental Health Journal

, Volume 1, Issue 2, pp 175–180 | Cite as

What happens to applicants for psychotherapy?

  • Bernard F. Riess
  • Lewis W. Brandt
Articles

Abstract

Five hundred consecutive applicants for psychotherapy at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health were followed up. Of the applicants, 51.8% entered, 37.2% withdrew before treatment and 11% were rejected by the Center. Of the withdrawers, 37.7% reported having entered, and another 9.2% having applied for treatment elsewhere. Only 8% of dropouts from individual therapy during the first six sessions had entered, and no one else had applied for treatment elsewhere. This difference was found to be significant beyond the. 01 level. A very significant difference was found between terminators before the eighth and those after the seventeenth session in terms of frequency of sessions. Only 8% of the former, but 100% of the latter were seen twice a week.

Keywords

Public Health Mental Health Health Psychology Individual Therapy Consecutive Applicant 
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© Behavioral Publications, Inc. 1965

Authors and Affiliations

  • Bernard F. Riess
    • 1
  • Lewis W. Brandt
    • 2
  1. 1.Postgraduate Center for Mental HealthNew York City
  2. 2.Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityRutherford

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