Individual factors affecting the improvement of anxiety during a therapeutic period of 1 1/2 to 2 years.
Thirty neurotic outpatients suffering from pronounced anxiety were studied and after a therapeutic period of 1.5 to 2 years. The patients were described by means of rating scales and two perceptgenetic methods, the Meta-Contrast Technique and the Afterimage Experiment. It was possible to associate original status with improvement or non-improvement of manifest anxiety. The most positive prognostic sign was sensitivity to marginal (inner and outer) cues, whereas the most negative signs were pre-psychotic discontinuities, projection, and lack of defence mechanisms.
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