PREDICTORS OF OUTCOME IN CHILD PSYCHOANALYSIS - A RETROSPECTIVE STUDYOF 763 CASES AT THE FREUD,ANNA CENTER

Under Anna Freud's guidance, the Anna Freud Centre developed a rigorou s approach to the collection of child psychoanalytic data. Material co ntained in detailed diagnostic assessments and weekly written reports of 763 cases treated in intensive and nonintensive therapy has now bee n subjected to systematic study. This is the first, retrospective stag e of a major investigation of child psychoanalytic outcome, carried ou t in collaboration with Yale University Child Study Center, New Haven, CT. The main findings of the work are reviewed. The study showed chil d analysis to be particularly effective for seriously disturbed childr en under 12 years suffering from a variety of psychiatric disorders, p articularly those which involve anxiety.