G. Garyfallos et al., EVALUATION OF COGNITIVE ANALYTIC THERAPY (CAT) OUTCOME IN GREEK PSYCHIATRIC OUTPATIENTS, The European journal of psychiatry, 12(3), 1998, pp. 167-179
The present study investigates the outcome of Cognitive Analytic Thera
py (CAT), a quite new type of brief psychotherapy, in a sample of Gree
k psychiatric outpatients with various psychiatric diagnoses. The Minn
esota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), the Eysenck Personalit
y Questionnaire (EPQ) and the Post-therapy Questionnaire, a scale spec
ifically designed for CAT outcome, were used as evaluation instruments
. On a 2-month follow up 122 patients showed a statistically significa
nt improvement, compared to the intake time, on all but two (Ma, Mf) c
linical scales, on the sum of the clinical scales and on some of the r
esearch scales of the MMPI. Similarly, 25 patients who completed the t
est on both occasions manifested a significant improvement on scales N
(Neuroticism) and E (Extroversion) at follow up at a 1-year follow up
those of the above patients who completed the MMPI and the Post-thera
py Questionnaire again not only maintained the achieved improvement, b
ut continued to improve as well. The above results indicate that CAT i
s an effective brief psychotherapeutic technique for Greek psychiatric
outpatients suffering various psychological problems.