Modern psychodynamic psychotherapy of somatoform disorders: technology, effectiveness

At the present stage psychodynamic (psychoanalytic) psychotherapy is one of the most commonly used methods of psychological treatment and somatoform disorders (SFR), second only to cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy. The trends of the method technology are the following: focusing interventions on the most important pathogenetic mechanisms of SFR, short-form preference, distant treatment via the Internet, combining the basic technique with nonanalytical methods (in particular, hypnosis). The studies highlighted in the review provide reliable information about the effectiveness of the psychodynamic psychotherapy of SFR, however currently the evidence database on this issue is not sufficient and needs to be replenished.