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The British Journal of Psychiatry (1966) 112: 351-361. doi: 10.1192/bjp.112.485.351
© 1966 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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Opinions on Psychotherapy: An Enquiry

R. M. MOWBRAY M.A., Ph.D.1 and G. C. TIMBURY M.B., Ch.B., M.R.C.P.E., M.R.C.P.G., D.P.M.2

1 Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology (Reader in Medical Psychology, University of Melbourne, Department of Psychiatry, Parkville, N.2, Victoria, Australia), University of Glasgow, Department of Psychological Medicine, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, S.W.1
2 Lecturer in Psychological Medicine (Physician Superintendent, Gartnavel Royal Mental Hospital, Glasgow, W.2), University of Glasgow, Department of Psychological Medicine, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, S.W.1

One hundred Scottish psychiatrists who practise psychotherapy completed a questionnaire seeking views on a number of aspects of this form of treatment. Analysis of the responses showed wide variations of opinion and practice regarding the definition of the term, the technique used and the training thought to be desirable.

The suggestion is made that these findings may be the inevitable result of attempts to compare psychotherapy with conventional medical treatments and that psychotherapy should be regarded as a highly individual method of helping patients with their problems rather than of treating circumscribed illnesses.

Submitted on December 31, 1964






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