Advanced Search

The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 127, No. 5

Articles | November 01, 1970

Brief Psychotherapy with Children: A Preliminary Report

ALAN J. ROSENTHAL; SAUL V. LEVINE

Am J Psychiatry 1970;127:646-651.

View Article Information

Assistant professor of psychiatry, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif. 94305

Assistant professor of psychiatry, University of Toronto, and staff psychiatrist at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont., Canada

1971, American Psychiatric Association

Article

text A A A

PDF of the full text article.

Abstract

The authors present some of the results of their pilot study to test the efficacy of brief psychotherapy with 33 children with various disorders and to compare its usefulness with traditional, long-term psychotherapy with a control group of 35 children. More than half the experimental group were successfully treated and maintained their improvement over the one-year follow-up period. The authors also discuss criteria for the selection of subjects and techniques for treatment that may improve the rate of success achieved with brief psychotherapy.

Figures in this Article

Your Session has timed out. Please sign back in to continue.

Username

Password

Sign in via Athens (What is this?)

Athens is a service for single sign-on which enables access to all of an institution's subscriptions on- or off-site.

Forgot Password?

Not a subscriber?

Subscribe Now/Learn More

Purchase Online access to this article for 24 hours

PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-IV-TR® library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development.

Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing PsychiatryOnline@psych.org or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.).

CME Activity

There is currently no quiz available for this resource. Please click here to go to the CME page to find another.

Submit a Comments

Please read the other comments before you post yours. Contributors must reveal any conflict of interest.
Comments are moderated and will appear on the site at the discertion of JBJS editorial staff.

* = Required Field

Comment Author(s)*(if multiple authors, separate names by comma)

Example: John Doe

Affiliation & Institution*

Comment Title*

Comment*

Cancel

Topics

Product Recommendation

CME Activity