Success of referral in a psychosomatic-psychotherapeutic outpatient unit of a dental school

Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
Julia Schwichtenberg, Stephan Doering

Abstract

The success of referral for psychotherapy and the predictors thereof are investigated in dentistry in an outpatient unit for psychosomatics. 238 patients were asked in a telephone interview concerning their satisfaction with the consultation as well as any change in their complaints and treatments after their contact with the outpatient unit. 82.3 % of the patients were satisfied with the consultation, and 55.9 % reported an improvement in their complaints. In 76.1 % of the patients psychotherapy was indicated, and 56.7 % showed motivation and were referred to psychotherapy. Thereof, 66.7 % actually began treatment. Introspective capacity and motivation for psychotherapy predicted successful referral. Patients suffering from somatoform disorders were significantly less motivated to begin psychotherapy and showed a tendency toward premature termination of psychotherapy. In patients with anxiety disorders, the reverse was the case. Patients who did not begin psychotherapy changed their dentist significantly more frequently. The consultation at the outpatient unit can be regarded as successful insofar as four-fifths of the patients were satisfied and two-thirds of those referred actually began psychotherapy, which in turn signific...Continue Reading

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Apr 26, 2000·Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie·D HuberM von Rad
May 18, 2004·Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie·Gerhard RumpoldStephan Doering

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Apr 9, 2009·Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie·Stephan Doering
Jan 1, 2009·Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie·Ira SeibelGudrun Schneider

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