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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.2.141

Brief psychotherapy with children has not achieved the same acceptance as this treatment modality with adults. The authors conducted a project, reported previously, in which they compared treatment outcome following brief (eight-visit maximum) psychotherapy with that of longer-term treatment; a one-year follow-up had shown similar results following both forms of treatment. In this paper the therapeutic techniques are analyzed and the content of brief psychotherapy with children is detailed.

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