Abstract

FREIRE, Joyce M. Gonçalves  and  PEREIRA, Mário Eduardo Costa. The evaluation results in psychoanalysis: will Bambi survive Godzilla?. Tempo psicanal. [online]. 2011, vol.43, n.1, pp. 155-172. ISSN 0101-4838.

The article discusses the evaluation of the results of the psychoanalytic therapy, considering some criticisms that were issued in american Psychiatry reviews regarding the Psychoanalysis outcome and its efficiency, especially Parloff's (1982) text entitled "Psychoterapy research evidence and reimbursement decisions: Bambi meets Godzilla". Because of these recurrent criticisms, theevaluationofpsychoanalyticresultsisa challengefor psychoanalysts.Taking into account this challenge, a reflection is built upon the epistemological territory of Psychoanalysis evaluation.

Keywords : outcome evaluation; effectiveness; psychoanalysis.

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