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Clinical Trial
. 2002 Jul-Sep;38(3):89-97.
doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2002.tb00662.x.

Assaultive behavior intervention in the Veterans Administration: psychodynamic group psychotherapy compared to cognitive behavior therapy

Marilyn L Lanza  1 , Jennifer Anderson, Charles M Boisvert, Anne LeBlanc, Mary Fardy, Barbara Steel
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Assaultive behavior intervention in the Veterans Administration: psychodynamic group psychotherapy compared to cognitive behavior therapy

Marilyn L Lanza et al. Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2002 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

Purpose: To compare the efficacy of a psychodynamic psychotherapy group (PPG) and a cognitive-behavior group (CBG) for male veterans with a history of assault.

Methods: Data collected included the Addiction Severity Index, the Overt Aggression Scale, and the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory. Subjects (N = 27) were assigned randomly to a central group, PPG, or CBG. Analyses included an overall comparison of the groups as well as repeated-measures analyses and adjustments for covariates.

Findings: The PPG showed a trend toward improvement of overt aggression and significant improvement of trait aggression compared with CBG. There were no differences in state aggression or efforts to control aggression.

Conclusions: Both the PPG and CBG are effective treatments for aggression.

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