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This is the first in a series of reports on a project designed to characterize the theoretical orientation and relevant personality variables of two groups of psychotherapists who are participating in a study of the effects of psychotherapy on schizophrenia. We believe that such characterization is critical in interpreting the results of outcome studies, and that prior studies have been hampered by inadequate analysis of who the therapists were and what they believed. This has been true both in the studies of the efficacy of psychotherapy with schizophrenic patients, and in more general studies of psychotherapy. Only by developing valid, reliable instruments to describe the therapists’ theoretical model of treatment and to isolate important personality variables can the researcher speak with confidence about the nature of the treatment administered and the factors that influenced outcome.
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Frosch, J.P., Gunderson, J.G., Weiss, R., Frank, A. (1983). Therapists Who Treat Schizophrenic Patients: Characterization. In: Stierlin, H., Wynne, L.C., Wirsching, M. (eds) Psychosocial Intervention in Schizophrenia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68966-6_16
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