Crisis intervention response and long-term outcome: a pilot study.

We investigated whether process variables (therapeutic alliance and insight) measured at the termination of crisis intervention predict long-term treatment compliance and 2-year outcome. Thirty-seven consecutive depressed psychiatric patients assigned to outpatient crisis intervention (CCI) were assessed with both questionnaires and standardized instruments at intake, 1 week, and CCI termination (mean, 6 weeks). Thirty-one subjects (84%) were also evaluated at 1-year and 2-year follow-up.

[Long-term clinical follow-up (2 years) of 78 patients hospitalized in a crisis situation].

This is a preliminary study focusing on a 2 years follow-up of 78 patients addressed to psychiatric hospitalization and psychodynamically oriented crisis intervention. Relationship between psychopathological, clinical and interactional profile at first medical interview and clinical/social assessment at 1 and 2 years follow-up were studied, indicating different predictors for long-term treatment (DSM III R diagnosis and psychotic symptoms scores) and global improvement (age and sex) as well as poorer outcome for social functioning than for symptomatic measures. Comment is also provided on the observed high concordance between clinical predictions at crisis treatment completion and research staff assessments at 1 and 2 years follow-up.