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Adolescents' dropout from individual psychotherapy--is it true? 1989

R Suzuki

Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.

Although adolescent patients are said to have a propensity to drop out from psychotherapy, and clinical experiences seem to support this view, few studies have systematically examined this issue. However, a review of researches on adults' dropout shows that dropout is a serious problem for psychotherapy with adult patients. Moreover, available evidence on adolescents' dropout suggests that there is no significant difference in the rates of dropout from psychotherapy between adolescent patients and adult ones. In order to understand the specific quality of adolescents' dropout, the termination of psychotherapy with an adolescent patient is described and discussed. The view is put forward that it is because of the strong counter-transference feelings evoked in the therapist, when his adolescent patient leaves him prematurely, tends to maintain the impression of adolescents' proclivity to drop out from psychotherapy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D010352	Patient Dropouts	Discontinuance of care received by patient(s) due to reasons other than full recovery from the disease.	Dropout, Patient,Dropouts, Patient,Patient Dropout
D010817	Physician-Patient Relations	The interactions between physician and patient.	Doctor-Patient Relations,Doctor Patient Relations,Physician Patient Relations,Physician Patient Relationship,Doctor Patient Relation,Doctor-Patient Relation,Physician Patient Relation,Physician Patient Relationships,Physician-Patient Relation,Relation, Doctor Patient,Relation, Doctor-Patient,Relation, Physician Patient,Relation, Physician-Patient,Relations, Doctor Patient,Relations, Doctor-Patient,Relations, Physician Patient,Relations, Physician-Patient,Relationship, Physician Patient,Relationships, Physician Patient
D011613	Psychotherapy	A generic term for the treatment of mental illness or emotional disturbances primarily by verbal or nonverbal communication.	Psychotherapies
D012017	Referral and Consultation	The practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide.	Consultation,Gatekeepers, Health Service,Hospital Referral,Second Opinion,Consultation and Referral,Health Service Gatekeepers,Hospital Referrals,Referral,Referral, Hospital,Referrals, Hospital,Consultations,Gatekeeper, Health Service,Health Service Gatekeeper,Opinion, Second,Opinions, Second,Referrals,Second Opinions
D005260	Female		Females
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000184	Acting Out	Expressing unconscious emotional conflicts or feelings, often of hostility or love, through overt behavior.
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths