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  • Title: Psychotherapy Patients of Psychiatry Residents: A Descriptive Study.
    Author: Kay LR, Kay T, Lawson A, Hunter M, Ravitz P.
    Journal: Am J Psychother; 2020 Jun 01; 73(2):63-66. PubMed ID: 32093484.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: Psychiatry residents learn psychodynamic psychotherapy for generalizable skills and as a transdiagnostic, long-term treatment indicated for patients with chronic mood, anxiety, or personality disorders. It is unknown how these indications align with actual patients of trainees. The aim of this descriptive study was to define characteristics of outpatients receiving psychodynamic psychotherapy from psychiatry residents. METHODS: Case reports (N=204) from 184 psychiatry residents were analyzed for patients' diagnoses and past treatments. RESULTS: Eighty-six percent of patients had prior psychiatric medication or treatment, 31% had three or more past courses of psychotherapy, and 48% had two or more diagnoses, including depression (62%), anxiety (46%), and personality disorders or traits (27%). CONCLUSIONS: Patients receiving psychodynamic psychotherapy from psychiatry residents had multiple psychiatric illnesses and a history of prior treatments that had not achieved or sustained recovery, suggesting complex and chronic illness. Consistent with community-based findings, these patient characteristics correspond with psychodynamic psychotherapy treatment indications.
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