Clinical studies performed over the past decades have unambiguously indicated that combined therapy, involving pharmacoand psychotherapy, is an optimal approach to alcohol dependence. Both pharmacoand psychotherapy should be personalised with a careful balance between the patient’s needs and his/her clinical characteristics. The aim of the present article is to review the basic pharmacological ...

The most prevalent mental disorders, anxiety and depression, are commonly associated with structural and functional changes in the fronto-limbic brain areas. The clinical trials investigating patients with affective disorders showed different outcome to different treatments such as psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy. It is, however, still unexplored how these interventions approach affect the fun...

The effectiveness of combined psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for depression is a clinical issue of increasing importance. Using a box score approach, the authors review the 17 available studies in the literature, provide a methodological critique, summarize results, and suggest directions for further research and for clinical practice. Overall, given methodological limitations in the existin...

This paper provides a general framework for the use of Theory of Dynamic Systems (TDS) in the field of psychotherapy research. Psychotherapy is inherently dynamic, namely a function of time. Consequently, the improvement of construct validity and clinical relevance of psychotherapy process research require the development of models of investigation allowing dynamic mappings of clinical exchange...

Psychotherapy is used commonly to treat a variety of mental illnesses, yet surprisingly little is known about its biological mechanisms especially in comparison with pharmacotherapy. In this review we survey the current knowledge about changes in brain function following psychotherapeutic intervention that are detectable with current neuroimaging techniques. We also consider the possible role f...

Citation: Hengartner MP (2018) Raising Awareness for the Replication Crisis in Clinical Psychology by Focusing on Inconsistencies in Psychotherapy Research: How Much Can We Rely on Published Findings from Efficacy Trials? Front. Psychol. 9:256. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00256 Raising Awareness for the Replication Crisis in Clinical Psychology by Focusing on Inconsistencies in Psychotherapy Resear...

This review focuses on information concerning antidepressants and psychotherapy in the treatment of both acute and chronic forms of unipolar depression in the English language literature. In it, we address the use of combination therapy, both from the outset of treatment and in a variety of sequences, ie, we examine the potential advantages of adding a targeted psychotherapy to an incompletely ...

In this task force report, the authors define the field of child and adolescent psychotherapy; review the state of the field with respect to advocacy, training, research, and clinical practice; and recommend steps to ensure that psychotherapy remains a core competence of child and adolescent psychiatrists.

Carolina Seybert (International Psychoanalytic University, Berlin) Dorothea Huber (International Psychoanalytic University, Berlin; Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Clinical Center, München) Melanie Ratzek (International Psychoanalytic University, Berlin) Johannes Zimmermann (Institute for Psychology, University of Kassel) Günther Klug (Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychosom...