Good Patients and Bad

Prediction of affective psychoses response to lithium prophylaxis

“…** According to Udell & Hornstra (17). corded in each patient were: 1) sex, 2) age at the start of lithium treatment, 3) marital status, 4) head of household (if the patient or others), 5) social class lithium was started), 7) number of hospitalizations for psychiatric illness, 8) affective state at the start of lithium treatment, 9) family history of major psychoses, 10) family history of affective psychoses, 11) family history of bipolar affective psychosis.…”

Predicting early attrition from psychotherapy: An analysis of a large private-practice cohort.

“…Interestingly, diagnostic data on the 30 dropouts in this sample revealed that none of the 30 dropouts was diagnosed as neurotic, more than 50% were diagnosed as having a personality disorder, 30% as borderline personality, and 17% as schizophrenic. Udell & Hornstra (1975) reported significant differences in characteristics of dropouts from a low-cost clinic and a private-practice setting. Those individuals seen in clinic settings frequently sought crisis and "maintenance" treatment, while those seen privately frequently presented for long-term psychotherapy.…”

Length of psychotherapy for clients seen in private practice.

“…Requests for reprints should be sent to Mary P. Koss, Department of Psychology, Kent Hall, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242. in low-cost centers and those seen privately by psychiatrists (Udell & Hornstra, 1975). Private clients have been described as well educated, mildly to moderately disturbed, middle class, intelligent, and socially engaged (Schofield, 1964), which are qualities known to be positively related to length of stay in psychotherapy (Baekeland & Lundwall, 1975).…”