Differences in long-term effects of psychoanalysis and extended psychotherapy. Findings from the stockholm psychoanalysis and psychotherapy project.

The authors present the major findings of a targe-scale study on subsidized psychoanalyses and long-term psychotherapies in Sweden. Over 400 persons e xamined at various stages of treatment were re-examined in a follow-up stud y three years later using face-to-face interviews, questionnaires and offic ial statistics. The significant outcomes from the evaluation of the data ar e a) the significantly better treatment results achieved by psychoanalysis compared with psychotherapy, b) the better results achieved by more experie nced psychoanalysts, c) the higher success rate achieved by female treatmen t-providers, d) the positive effect of high treatment duration and high ses sion frequency on the treatment and e) the negative effect of the psychoana lytic stance into psychotherapeutic setting.