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The Centre for Emotions & Health

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Media Reports 

Dr. Allan Abbass Speaks about Emotions and Health on Eastlink Television show "Doc Talk"

Intensive short-term psychotherapy cost-effective

Bulletin of Int Association for the Study of Attachment: Page 5

Our Promise in Action

Emotional rescue, Living Healthy in Nova Scotia, Spring 2011

Dr. Abbass speaks on Radio Canada International

Psychology Today: Head on Collision
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Psychotherapy reduces repeat ER trips

Dr. Allan Abbass receives Visiting Professorship at University of Derby UK
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Dr. Allan Abbass podcast from Grand Rounds at UCLA Neuroscience October 2009

Prolonged Disability: Understanding and mitigating the role of unconscious processes

Quebec Science, November 2004 "In French"  

 

Intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy in a private psychiatric office: clinical and cost effectiveness, October 2004 

Healing Emotions Saves Health-Care Dollars, Psychiatry Monitor, January 2004

Psychotherapy Proves Cost-Effective, The Medical Post (www.medicalpost.com), October 2003  

Emotion-Based Therapy Saves Money and Gets People Back to Work (Dalhousie University, Medical Communications), August 2003 

Emotion-Based Therapy Saves Money, Helps Patients, August 2003

Intensive Therapy Bodes Well for Return to Work, O.H.S Canada, June 2003

Showing Your Emotions May Save Your Health, The Medical Post (www.medicalpost.com), April 2003 CBC Radio Interview, August 2003

 

 

ATV News Piece, March 2003CBC Radio Interview, August 2003

 

Evaluation and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents, SMHM Provider Education Seminar (www.smhm.com), March 2003

Short-term Dynamic Therapy Gets Boost in New Efficacy Study, Psychiatry News (psychiatryonline.org), December 2002

Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy May Deliver Good Results in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression, Doctor's Guide (www.docguide.com), November 2002

Canada AM Interview, August 2002

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January 2012

Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of outcome research. Abbass A, Driessen E, Town J. In Press Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Recent Abstracts - September 2011

Implementing an Emotion-Focused Consultation Service to Examine Medically Unexplained Symptoms in the Emergency Department

Cost Savings of Treatment of Medically Unexplained Symptoms Using Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) by a Hospital Emergency Department

Web-Conference Supervision for Advanced Psychotherapy Training:
A Practical Guide

Emotional Influences in Patient Safety

The Efficacy of Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Depressive Disorders with Comorbid Personality Disorder

Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Personality Disorders: A Critical Review of Randomised Controlled Trials

Alexithymia and Treatment Preferences among Psychiatric Outpatients

How doctors feel: affective issues in patients' safety

Intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy to reduce rates of emergency department return visits for patients with medically unexplained symptoms: preliminary evidence from a pre-post intervention study

The Efficacy of Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Depression: a Meta-Analysis

Short-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Somatic Disorders: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Clinical Trials

Direct Diagnosis and Management of Emotional Factors in Chronic Headache Patients

A Naturalistic Study of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Trial Therapy

Bringing Character Changes with Davanloo's Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy (AD HOC Bulletin of Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy)

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006: Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapies for Common Mental Disorders

Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy of Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Pilot Study

Depression Studies Pertinent to NICE Guidelines: Short-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapies (STPP)

The Cost-Effectiveness Of Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy (Expert Rev. Pharmacoeconomics Outcomes Res. 3(5), (2003)

Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy In A Private Psychiatric Office: Clinical And Cost Effectiveness (American Journal of Psychotherapy; 2002; 56,2; Research Library pg. 225)

Office Based Research in ISTDP: Data From The First 6 Years Of Practice (Ad Hoc Bulletin of Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy 6(2); 5-14, December 2002)

Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapies for common mental disorders

Somatization: Diagnosing It Sooner Through Emotion - Focused Interviewing, Journal of Family Practise (March 2005 / Vol 54, No 3 - The Journal of Family Practice)

Brief Psychotherapy Options (The Canadian Journal of CME, January 2005)

Raised Consciousness About Emotions And Health (Dalhousie Medical Journal, 2005; 33(1):23-25)

The Case For Specialty-Specific Core Curriculum On Emotions And Health (Royal College Outlook, Vol 1, Issue 4, Winter 2004/2005)

Psychotherapy And Medication Options For Depression (Am Fam Physician, 2004 May 1:69(9):2071,2074)

Idealization And Devaluation As Barriers To Psychotherapy Learning (Ad Hoc Bulletin of Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy - Practice and Theory, Vol.8, No.3 September 2004)

Small Group Videotape Training For Psychotherapy Skills Development (Academic Psychiatry, 28.2, Summer 2004)

Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapies For Common Mental Disorders (PROTOCOL) The Cochrane Library, Issue 2, 2004. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Modified Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy In Patients With Bipolar Disorder Preliminary Report Of A Case Series (Canadian Child Psychiatry - 11(1): 19-22, February, 2002)

 

 

Last updated: August 5, 2011