Recent posts
Knight, A., 2008. The CAT Articles Review. Reformulation, Winter, p.30.
This section of Reformulation aims to bring your attention to recent CAT-related articles. Below are a few that may be of interest.
If you publish anything related to CAT or know of any recent articles that you would recommend please send the details to me at: alice.knight@bolton.nhs.uk
Letters in cognitive analytic therapy:
The patient’s experience
Hamill, M., Ried, M. & Reynolds, S. (2008). Letters in cognitive analytic therapy: The patient’s experience, Psychotherapy Research, 18 (5), 573-83.
Eight CAT clients were interviewed and the authors carried out a grounded, thematic analysis of their accounts. This suggested 4 general processes:
- “Letters offered a tangible, lasting framework for assimilation of a new perspective about themselves and their relationships and facilitated coping with a complex range of emotions and risks this awareness required”
- “they demonstrated therapists’ commitment to patient growth”
- “they helped to teach participants about the therapy process as an example of an interpersonal exchange”
- “they helped participants consider how they wished to share personal information”
Evaluation of Cognitive-Analytic Therapy (CAT)
outcome in patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
Christia, P., George, G., Konstantinos, K., Vasilios, B., Maki, V., Olga, G., Fontini, K., Despina, Z., Christina, Z. & Aravella, A. (2008). Evaluation of Cognitive-Analytic Therapy (CAT) outcome in patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder. Annals of General Psychiatry, 7 (suppl 1): S109
This study investigated the outcome of CAT in people with a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) with and without an additional axis-I DSM-IV diagnosis. 64 people took part in the study, all of whom had a diagnosis of OCPD or personality disorder not otherwise specified with predominant obsessive compulsive traits. 45 patients attended a 2-month follow-up appointment. Scores on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire demonstrated a number of significant clinical improvements. The authors conclude that CAT is an effective approach for patients with a diagnosis of OCPD with or without a comorbid axis-I diagnosis.
The efficacy of Cognitive-Analytic Therapy (CAT) on anhedonia in patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
Fontini, K., Aravella, A., Vasiliios, B., Konstantinos, K., Christina, P., Maki, V., Christina, Z. & Garyfallos, G. (2008). The efficacy of Cognitive-Analytic Therapy (CAT) on anhedonia in patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, Annals of General Psychiatry, 7 (Suppl 1), S158.
This study investigated the presence of anhedonia in people with a diagnosis of OCPD and evaluated the use of CAT on anhedonia, depression and anxiety. 64 people took part in the study, all of whom had a diagnosis of OCPD or personality disorder not otherwise specified with predominant obsessive compulsive traits. 45 patients attended a 2-month follow-up appointment. Scores on the Beck Depression Inventory and State-Trait Anxiety Index were statistically significant and led the authors to conclude that CAT is an effective approach for reducing anhedonia, depression and anxiety for people with a diagnosis of OCPD.
Alice Knight