You do not currently have permission to view the full text for this document. Please sign in to an account with an active subscription or contact support.
Of the 336 new cases of neurosis referred to a regional psychiatric service 166 (49%) were offered supportive, dynamic or behavioural psychotherapy. The most frequently provided treatment was the first (40%); 34% of patients were offered dynamic psychotherapy and the remainder (261%) were allocated to behavioural psychotherapy. The factors related to the type of psychotherapy provided were diagnosis, duration of illness, the psychiatric team to which the patients had been referred, marital status and the distance the patients lived from the hospital.
Sex, age, socio-economic status, employment status and a history of alcohol abuse or of deliberate self harm had no association with the type of psychotherapy offered.