Depressive symptomatology in young university students: Impact of a brief psychotherapy model focused with psychoanalytic orientation.
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Emotional distress , Young university students , Focal brief psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic approachAbstract
The study aims to assess the effects of a psychoanalytically oriented brief psychotherapy in a sample of 38 university students with mild or moderate depressive symptoms and general emotional distress at a UNAM School. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design and follow-ups were used. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Kessler Psychological Discomfort Scale (K-10), Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) were used, and sociodemographic, school and clinical data were collected from the participants. The results of Wilcoxon and Friedman confirm statistically significant improvements in the symptomatology. According to the results of Q de Cochran, there were also improvements in the feeling of discomfort in the participants. We conclude that the results are encouraging in terms of the modality of psychotherapy performed, regarding its usefulness and clinical relevance in working with university students.
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