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Title: Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie

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? Gunzelmann, T., Hessel, A. and Brahler, E. (1999), The quality of life of the elderly patient with chronic illness. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, 47 (2), 123-140.

Abstract: By means of the ‘Profile of the qualify of life of chronically ill’ (PLC, Siegrist er al., 1996) the health-related life quality was assessed in a community sample of 566 subjects (aged 61-93 years). This study is based on the fact that the physical strength of aging people is declining and that there is an increasing risk for chronic body complaints with increasing age (multimorbidity). In most cases this causes negative consequences for the psychic well-being and the competence in daily life and social contacts. The results of this study reveal a decline in the health-related life quality of the elderly compared with younger people (18-60 years). This holds further true with growing age within the group of the elderly more than 60 pears of age. There are only small sex-specific differences. Compared with old people from West German: in the elderly from East Germany we found a higher amount of the ability to enjoy, a higher amount of the ability to form interpersonal relationships and a higher amount of the sense of belonging. There are high correlations of the health-related life quality with the subjective body experience and with the psychic mood. Beyond age also the level of education and of income are important determinants for different dimensions of health related quality of life. The results show that specific age norms are necessary for the elderly.

? Decker, O. and Brahler, E. (2001), On books and journals - Discussion of the evaluation of scientific performance in culturally and linguistically bound disciplines in medicine. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, 49 (3), 235-246.

Abstract: The financial support of scientific institutions more and more depends on evaluating programms. Different modells of evaluation purposes are discussed. The number of journal articels published by scientist and the international distribution of articels are used for academic evaluation purposes. On the basis of bibliometric features, the citations of the ‘Zeitschrift ftir Klinische Psychologic, Psychiatric und Psychotherapie’ is recorded. Based on this records, there is a discussion on the significance of the competition indicators for quality-assurance of articels

Keywords: Behavior, Bibliometric, Chronic Illness, Citations, Depressive-Disorders, Differential-Diagnosis, German, Journals, Life, Patient, Psychotherapeutic Interventions, Schizophrenics, Viewpoint

? Berth, H., Petermann, F., Dinkel, A. and Brahler, E. (2005), Clinical psychology, psychiatry and psychotherapy - All under one umbrella? Zeitschrift fur Klinische Psychologie Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, 53 (4), 370-382.

Abstract: For more than 50 years, the journal ‘Klinische Psychologie, Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie’ (Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy) has been one of the leading journals for articles of the corresponding psychological branches. Regarding the progressing specialization and differentiation of these branches the question arises, if one journal alone can still cover this thematical width. To answer this question, the complete releases of the years 2003 and 2004 of the journal were bibliometrically analyzed regarding a) the presence of the scientific sectors in the article titles and b) their textual focuses. Overall 43 articles were released in the given timeframe. About 25 % each accounted for Clinical Psychology and for Psychotherapy, whereas Psychiatry was hardly represented at all. Furthermore there was a relatively broad publication of articles on the subjects of Medical Psychology and test development. Textual focuses were composed of the prevalences of diverse psychological disorders and of the predictors for the success of psychotherapy. The results basically confirm the journals title, but likewise offer indications for possible changes.

Keywords: Adolescents, Bibliometrics, Child, Clinical Psychology, Disorder, Experiences, German-Language Version, Journal, Phenomenology, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Publication, Questionnaire, Representative Sample, Symptomatology, Therapy

Title: Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie

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? Krampen, G., Miller, M. and Montada, L. (2002), Bibliometrical results on the history of clinical psychology in the 20th century. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 31 (2), 121-126.

Abstract: Background: Bibliometrical results on the development of clinical psychology publications with historiographical orientation in the 20th century are presented. Research questions: How can the history of clinical psychology and of its research domains be reconstructed biometrically with reference to the publications in international psychology and psychology from the German-speaking countries? Methods: Databases are the Psychological Abstracts (1927-1966), PsycLit (1967-1999) and PSYNDEX (1977-1999), in which psychological publications are documented relatively exhaustively. Results: Historiographically described are (1) the bibliometrically clearly demonstrable boom of clinical psychology publications since the 1950s, (2) the relatively low rate of psychotherapeutically relevant publications in comparison to those concerning disorders, health services, hospital programs, and rehabilitation, and (3) the relatively low rate of empirical and experimental (controlled) studies published on psychotherapy in contrast to all other domains of applied psychology. Consequences: There has been a clear boom of clinical psychology publication output since the 1950s in international psychology, as well as psychology from the German-speaking countries. However, there are publication deficits in the domain of psychotherapy and especially in the domain of experimental and broader empirically founded studies. Problems of bibliometric analyses are discussed as well as the implications of the results for the future of clinical psychology, especially psychotherapy research.

Keywords: History of Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, Mental Disorders, Bibliometry