[Motive for premature terminations of AT group treatment]

Among a total of 600 patients, 58 patients were selected and included in two comparative groups (patients interrupting and patients completing an AT course). The patients were parallelized with respect to age, sex, picture of complaints and personality characteristics. The checkups were carried out in the form of standardised interviews, of an exploration, of the 470-FE test and the BFB (pre-and posttest). Positive stabilisation and valuation of the method as well as an undisturbed relation with the therapist correlate with a completion of the therapy; premature interruption of the therapy is essentially due to the effect of environmental conditions involving conflicts and to a lesser extent to preconceived negative attitudes towards the method. Presumably, orientation on the psychotherapeutic method already exerts a positive influence by a prevention of a further iatrogenisation and additional fixation.