Psychotherapeutic technique and the economically poor patient.

Patient feedback on satisfaction with direct services received at a community mental health center: A two-year study.

“…In order to provide more refined analyses, variables related to service delivery, like number of sessions, perceived interest of therapist, and demographic factors pertaining to age, sex, marital status, income and education of patients were researched. Excellent reviews on these variables are in Bordin (1974), Goldstein (1973), Karon & Vandenbos (1977), Kaschak (1978) and Strupp et al (1977).…”

Psychotherapy of Schizophrenia Works

“…We do not always agree, and he has taught me many valuable insights about treating patients. At a time when I found myself drifting toward the abstract kind of work emphasized in academic settings and not the clinically relevant papers that I value more highly, he and I collaborated on a clinical paper of which I am still particularly proud on how to be helpful to economically poor patients (Karon & VandenBos, 1977). Along with this, Dr. Vandenbos collaborated with me on my most important work, the book Psychotherapy of schizophrenia: The treatment of choice (1981), which contained both clinical insights and rigorous empirical research.…”

The general practice of psychology

“…Not everyone wants it, needs it, or would accept it. Even when psychotherapy is offered by highly competent psychotherapists, who make the process understandable and the benefits clear (a process well illustrated in Karon and VandenBos, 1977), many patients do not choose long-term treatment for a host of reasons. Intervention that is problem and function oriented, brief, and provided promptly is often the most appropriate and most effective treatment procedure.…”