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The Anatomy of Change

A Menninger Foundation Report on Testing the Effects of Psychotherapy

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  • © 1977

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  1. Stephen A. Appelbaum

    1. The Menninger Foundation, USA

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Task and Methods

    • Stephen A. Appelbaum
    Pages 1-18

  3. How the Tests Were Used

    • Stephen A. Appelbaum
    Pages 19-77

  4. Change in Each Patient Variable from Initial to Termination

    • Stephen A. Appelbaum
    Pages 79-214

  5. Overall Assessment of Change for Better or Worse

    • Stephen A. Appelbaum
    Pages 215-219

  6. Profile of Change: Factor Analytic Study of Patient Variables

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    Pages 221-225

  7. Patterns of Change

    • Stephen A. Appelbaum
    Pages 227-238

  8. Psychological Tests and Paired Comparison Analyses

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    Pages 239-242

  9. Comparing the Usefulness of Tests with Other Psychiatric Information

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    Pages 243-262

  10. Follow-Up Study

    • Stephen A. Appelbaum
    Pages 263-284

  11. Overview and Conclusions

    • Stephen A. Appelbaum
    Pages 285-296

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 297-308
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About this book

The standard test battery developed by Rapaport, Gill, and Schafer at the Menninger Foundation constituted the most important research instrument (apart from clinical interviews) of the Foundation's psychotherapy research project. The battery's influence on clinical diagnosis and on research in personality assessment and change has been tremendous. In the hands of highly trained and skilled psychologists, the battery, constructed chiefly around projective tests, has been invaluable for diagnosing difficult cases. The complexity of interpreting it, however, and the many dimensions along which its findings can be organized, have made it frustratingly difficult to use in formal research. And its cost, because of the great time investment it requires, has made clinicians reticent about using it on a large scale. Dr. Appelbaum, an experienced psychotherapist and psycho­ analyst, was a distinguished member of the group of highly skilled psychologists who applied this test battery in the psychotherapy research reported here, although his role in this instance was re­ stricted to analyzing the findings of others who administered and interpreted the tests. In recent years, Dr. Appelbaum has been eval­ uating the mechanisms and effects of various psychotherapeutic approaches.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The Menninger Foundation, USA

    Stephen A. Appelbaum

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Anatomy of Change

  • Book Subtitle: A Menninger Foundation Report on Testing the Effects of Psychotherapy

  • Authors: Stephen A. Appelbaum

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4142-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4144-4Published: 07 March 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-4142-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 308

  • Topics: Psychology, general

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