Psychotherapy: success rate?

What is the success rate of clinical psychotherapy? Is there a way to measure the sucess, or change in patient behavior in systematic way?

What are the success rates for extreme cases like schizophrenia, pedophilia, and OCD?

Psychotherapy: success rate?

In a well-known analysis of psychotherapy outcomes, researchers found that 80% of therapy clients were better off than those who had no treatment. Outcome studies assess the person%26#039;s functioning using psychological tests before and after treatment to compare changes.

The most effective treatment for schizophrenia at present is anti-psychotic medication, although psychotherapy can help prevent relapses and assist the person in acquiring living skills that may have deteriorated during the course of their disorder.

Very little research has been done on treatments for pedophilia, although there is a therapy called covert sensitization which looks promising, even though it has not been carefully evaluated.

I went to a talk by a psychologist who specializes in treating OCD with behavior therapy and he said that 70% of clients experience major improvement in their symptoms, 20% have minor improvement, and 10% no improvement.

Psychotherapy: success rate?

Psychotherapy does practically nothing for schizophrenia but it can work wonders on OCD. Actually, for OCD, behavior modification therapy works best. Psychotherapy actually doesn%26#039;t help people a whole lot more than having a good friend to talk to. Behavior modification therapy combined with drugs is usually the best formula for even the most severe mental illness.

Psychotherapy: success rate?

They have a saying in 12-step recovery that applies to psychotherapy as well:

%26quot;It works if you work it.%26quot;

I think that success is hard to measure since everyone has a different idea of sane and normal. My opinion is that therapy and counseling are far more beneficial that psychiatrists who just write scripts all day.

Medications (psychotropes) have been very damaging in my life. I have lost 3 friends to suicide - all of which were on prescriptions for psychological drugs... I also know people who have recovered from depression and ADD and other disorders without any medications at all.

But alas, I have no facts and figures to give you, just an opinion.

Psychotherapy: success rate?

psychotherapy sucks .It hasn%26#039;t been proven to work on any mental problem.You talk they listen but are they interpreting what you say the way you meant it?Or are they remembering what they read in a book and labeling it that way?