EVALUATION OF COGNITIVE ANALYTIC THERAPY (CAT) OUTCOME IN GREEK PSYCHIATRIC OUTPATIENTS

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.