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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychother Res. 2012 Mar 26;22(4):475–488. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2012.674790

Table I.

Number of sessions per patient and number of patients per therapist for 24 studies of adherence/competence

Study n Individual, family or group therapy Diagnosis Treatments Number of sessions per patient Number of patients per therapist
Barber et al., 1996 29 Ind. Major depressive disorder SE 1 7.2
Barber et al., 2006 95 Ind. Cocaine dependence IDC 1 8
Barber et al., 2008 108 Ind. Cocaine dependence SE 1.2 8.3
Carroll et al., 1997 121 Ind. Cocaine dependence CBT, desipramine and CM 2 11
Feeley et al., 1999 32 Ind. Major depressive disorder CT vs. CT and imipramine 3 8
Gaston & Ring, 1992 16 Ind. Major depressive disorder BDT vs. CT 3 4
Gaston et al., 1998 91 Ind. Major depressive disorder BT vs. CT vs. BDT 1.5 9.1
Hogue et al., 2008 136 Ind. vs. family Adolescent substance use CBT vs. MDFT 3.2 15.5
Horowitz et al.,1984 52 Ind. Grief reactions BDT 4 5.8
Huppert et al., 2006 205 Ind. Panic disorder CBT 5.8 4.0
Loeb et al., 2005 81 Ind. Bulimia nervosa CBT vs. IPT 3 10.1
Luborsky et al., 1985 110 Ind. Drug use disorder CBT, IDC, vs. SE 3 12.3
Manassis et al., 2002 78 Ind. vs. group Childhood anxiety disorder CBT 1 unknown
Mohr et al., 2001 63 Ind. vs. group Major depressive disorder and multiple scleros CBT vs. SEG 1 4.7
Newman et al., 2011 83 Ind. General anxiety disorder CBT vs. CBT and interpersonal 2.5 28
Ogrodniczuk & Piper 1999 50 Ind. Mixed BDT vs. ST 1 2.8
Ogrodniczuk & Piper 1999 50 Ind. Mixed BDT vs. ST 1 6.2
Ogrodniczuk & Piper 1999 144 Ind. Mixed BDT vs. ST 9 18
O’Malley et al., 1988 35 Ind. Major depressive disorder IPT 1 3.2
Paivio et al., 2004 37 Ind. Experienced childhood abuse EFT 2.5 3.7
Sachs, 1983 3 2.6
Shaw et al., 1999 40 Ind. Major depressive disorder 8.4 5
Strauman et al., 2006 45 Ind. Major depressive disorder or dysthymic disorder CT vs. SST 1.4 5
Svartberg & Stiles, 1992 15 Ind. Mainly anxiety diagnosis STAPP 1 1.9
Trepka et al., 2004 30 Ind. Major depressive disorder CT 1 5
Wood et al., 2006 40 Ind. vs. family Childhood anxiety disorder CBT 2 4.4
Glisson et al., 2010 615 Family Mixed MST 3 Unknown
Weisz et al., 2009 57 Mainly ind. Youth depression CBT vs UC 1.6 1

Note. BT, behavioral therapy; BDT, brief dynamic therapy; CBT, cognitive behavior therapy; CM, clinical management: a therapy control condition; CT, cognitive therapy; EFT, emotion-focused therapy; IDC, individual drug counseling; IPT, interpersonal therapy; MDFT, multidimensional family therapy; MST, multi-systemic therapy; SE, supportive expressive therapy; SEG, supportive expressive group therapy; SST, self system therapy; ST, supportive therapy; STAPP, short-term anxiety-provoking psychotherapy; US, usual care.