Process and outcome of therapy with depressed women.

Of four therapy components analyzed, discussion of mental symptoms and overt expression of anxiety were significantly associated with relapse in an eight-month trial of therapy with outpatient depressed women.

Abstract

The relationship between the process of psychotherapy and patient outcome, as measured by completion or relapse, was examined in an eight-month trial of therapy with outpatient depressed women. Of four therapy components analyzed, discussion of mental symptoms and overt expression of anxiety were significantly associated with relapse.