Publication Name	World Journal of Psychiatry
Manuscript ID	114215
Country	Austria

Category	Psychology, Psychoanalysis
Manuscript Type	Retrospective Study
Article Title	Professional interventions effect outcome in depressed patients
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Henriette Löffler-Stastka and Ursula Narath
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Henriette Löffler-Stastka, Dean, Director, MD, PhD, Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, Vienna 1090, Austria. henriette.loeffler-stastka@meduniwien.ac.at
Key Words	Process; Outcome; Depression; Competencies; Therapist
Core Tip	This article investigated long-term effectiveness of professional competencies, which deals with detailed description of process and progression of therapeutic work using Core Competency Q-Sort Coding. Interesting findings were made with regard to core competencies that cluster around healing work on implicit memory: More confrontational interventions were used significantly more intensively in first sessions and contributed to remarkable therapeutic success; attitude elements tended to be more effective towards the end of treatment. Individual case evaluations show that through precise working through representations relevant to patient’s inner life and socialization history in the here and now, successful processes could be achieved.
Citation	Löffler-Stastka H, Narath U. Professional interventions effect outcome in depressed patients. World J Psychiatry 2025; In press

Received	2025-09-15 07:26
Peer-Review Started	2025-09-15 07:26
First Decision by Editorial Office Director	2025-10-13 03:18
Return for Revision	2025-10-13 03:18
Revised	2025-10-27 13:30
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Second Decision by Editor	2025-12-10 02:51
Second Decision by Editor-in-Chief
Final Decision by Editorial Office Director	2025-12-10 10:31
Articles in Press	2025-12-10 10:31
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