Duration of psychotherapy has little association with outcome.
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Abstract
Does more psychotherapy deliver better outcomes? The answer to this question has important implications for patients' lives and costs to society. This issue of the BJPsych contains an analysis of data from a large clinical cohort receiving courses of talking therapy of up to 40 sessions in length. Duration of therapy was inversely correlated with outcome. Should we be surprised?
Medical subject headings
- Mental Disorders
- Psychotherapy