“…From a psychoanalytic perspective, a study on inpatient treatment revealed that structural change, measured by the Heidelberg Structural Change Scale (HSCS; Rudolf et al, 2000), correlated fairly strongly with a team-rated global assessment of outcome (Grande, Rudolf, Oberbracht, & Jakobsen, 2001) and also significantly predicted the main criterion of treatment success, an observer-rated report of the patient's progress in important life domains at 6-month follow-up (Grande, Rudolf, Oberbracht, & Pauli-Magnus, 2003). In a study of inpatient psychotherapy, Schneider, Schmitz-Moormann, Bär, Driesch, and Heuft (2006) demonstrated a small correlation between structural change, measured by the HSCS, and the attainment of the patient-rated most important therapeutic goal at the end of treatment, whereas changes in symptoms and interpersonal problems were not significantly correlated. Based on data from the Heidelberg-Berlin Study (Grande et al, 2006;Rudolf et al, 2002), Grande et al (2009) found that change in personality functioning measured at the end of outpatient therapy predicted treatment outcome at 3-year follow-up, both for PA and PD, measured by the patient's retrospective evaluation of outcome, covering aspects like psychological symptoms, somatic symptoms, interpersonal problems, coping with life demands, overall capacity, enjoyment potential, self-esteem and general contentment with life.…”