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The psychoanalytic case study: toward a method for systematic inquiry.

E E Jones1, M Windholz

  • 1University of California, Berkeley.

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
|January 1, 1990
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This study introduces the Q-technique for analyzing psychoanalytic treatments quantitatively. The method enhances the reliability of clinical judgments, supporting an empirical science base for psychoanalytic propositions.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychoanalysis

Background:

  • Psychoanalytic treatments lack systematic empirical investigation.
  • Clinical data transformation for quantitative analysis is challenging.
  • Achieving reliable clinical judgments in psychoanalysis is a long-standing problem.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically and empirically investigate psychoanalytic treatments.
  • To provide an empirical means to test psychoanalytic understandings.
  • To address the challenge of reliable clinical judgments in psychoanalysis.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Q-technique for quantitative analysis of clinical data.
  • Audio-recorded and transcribed six years of psychoanalytic treatment.
  • Employed a Q-set for standardized description and classification of analytic process by clinical judges.

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Main Results:

  • The Q-technique successfully transformed clinical data for quantitative analysis.
  • Descriptions of analytic hours using the Q-set demonstrated high reliability.
  • The study confirmed the method's promise for reliable clinical judgments.

Conclusions:

  • Systematic inquiry of psychoanalytic case studies can establish an empirical science base.
  • The Q-technique offers a reliable method for analyzing psychoanalytic process.
  • Findings support the empirical validation of psychoanalytic propositions.