PSYCH336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Meta-Analysis, Personality Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH336
• Professor: Pamela Seeds

Document Summary

Psychotherapy works! thought psychotherapy didn"t work - people improved more while being on a waiting list. Many meta-analysis show that psychotherapy is effective. What do we see in the room. Sudden gains: dramatic improvement within five sessions. Socioeconomic status: greater likelihood of staying in therapy. Ethnicity: client and patient similarity is associated with greater likelihood of patient staying in treatment. Gender: women are more likely to seek therapy then men. No difference in who drops out. both men and women will drop out early if they see fit. Dont need to match gender with the therapist. Age: client age is unrelated to treatment outcome. Greater severity in symptoms is related to poorer treatment outcomes just harder. Greater overall impairment in functioning is related to poorer treatment outcomes. Personality disorders: related to premature termination, problems in therapy. Psychological reactance: low in reactance: have best therapeutic gains.