PROGNOSIS FACTORS FOR THE SUCCESS OF PSYC HOANALYTICALLY FOUNDED INPATIENT PSYCHOTHERAPY

In the scope of our study for evaluation of the differential effect of inpatient psychotherapy we investigated by retrospective analysis of the data at admission and 6.week of treatment, which factors were prog nostic relevant for therapy success. We defined therapy-success as an equally weighted combination of patients' assessment of satisfaction w ith treatment success, which was evaluated by the Helping Relationship Questionnaire of Luborsky (1984), and the therapists' assessment of s ymptomatic and ego-structural improvement of the patients. For the var iables, which were related to the patients or therapists, especially t he therapists' judgement of the ego-structural disturbance of the pati ents (r=-.43, N=218, p<0.1) and motivation for psychotherapy (r=.27, N =70, p<.01) exhibited relevant prognostic potency. The variables conce rning the therapeutic relationship however gained increased prognostic value first after six weeks of treatment duration.