ABSTRACT
Outcome Research and the Future of Psychoanalysis explores the connection between outcome studies and important and complex questions of clinical practices, research methodologies, epistemology, and sociological considerations. Presenting the ideas and voices of leading experts in clinical and extra-clinical research in psychoanalysis, the book provides an overview of the state of the art of outcome research, its results and implications. Furthermore, its contributions discuss the basic premises and ideas of outcome research and in which way the contemporary Zeitgeist might shape the future of psychoanalysis.
Divided into three parts, the book begins by discussing the scientific basis of psychoanalysis and advances in psychoanalytic thinking as well as the state of the art of psychoanalytic outcome research, critically analyzing so-called evidence-based therapies. Part II of the book contains exemplary research projects that are discussed from a clinical perspective, illustrating the dialogue between researchers and clinicians. Lastly, in Part III, several psychoanalysts review the importance of critical thinking and research in psychoanalytical education.
Thought-provoking and expertly written and researched, this book is a useful resource for academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of mental health, psychotherapy, and psychoanalysis.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|61 pages
Outcome research
chapter Chapter 2|7 pages
Five advances in psychoanalytic thinking and their implications for outcome research
part II|130 pages
Research and clinical practice in dialogue
chapter Chapter 7|29 pages
Evidence for psychodynamic psychotherapy in specific mental disorders
chapter Chapter 8|8 pages
Clinical discussion of Psychodynamic Therapy: a Meta-Analysis Testing Equivalence of Outcome
chapter Chapter 9|30 pages
The LAC Study
chapter Chapter 10|8 pages
Discussion of The LAC Depression Study: a Comparative Outcome Study and a clinical case vignette
chapter Chapter 11|14 pages
Comparative psychotherapy research focused on the treatment of borderline personality disorder
chapter Chapter 12|18 pages
Memory reconsolidation, emotional arousal and the process of change in psychoanalysis
part III|33 pages
Critical thinking and research in psychoanalytic education