ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

›› 2007, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (6): 923-929.

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The Development of Interpersonal Psychotherapy

Xu Haiyan,  Huang Xiting   

  1. Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality of MOE, School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
  • Received:2006-07-17 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2007-11-15 Published:2007-11-15
  • Contact: Huang Xiting

Abstract: Interpersonal psychotherapy is a time-limited, manual-and-life-event based, diagnosis-targeted, and empirically tested treatment, which was originally developed for adult out-patients diagnosed with major depression and now for many sorts of disorders. There are some changes in its therapy process, including whether or not to give patients a “sick role”, what to include in its problem areas, and how to deal with its termination and arrange time. Besides, this article provides a few process studies, analyses its briefness and integration with other psychotherapeutic factors and at last offers a discussion of features and problems of interpersonal psychotherapy’s development

Key words: interpersonal psychotherapy, therapeutic process, depression

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