Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Shows Promise in Reducing Somatization Patients’ Return Emergency Department Visits
March 29, 2010 by Steve Sobelman
Filed under EBPP Treatment Updates, Latest from the Division of Psychotherapy
By Michael Constantino and Jeffrey Magnavita. Summary Abbass et al. (2009) examined the preliminary efficacy of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) in the treatment of patients with medically unexplained symptoms (i.e., somatization complaints) presenting to the emergency department (ED). ISTDP is a brief, although not time-restricted, approach that targets the unconscious emotional processes underlying patient’s [...]
