INTRODUCTION: The aims of this study are (i) to assess the drop-out rate in an outpatient sample with @entity1316 diagnosis in a psychotherapy unit; (ii) to focus clinical and sociodemographic variables related with drop-out; (iii) to delineate a psychopathological profile of the dropping-out @entity1 through the SCL-90-R and OPD scores. METHOD: The sample of this study includes 90 @entity308 @entity1 , which came to our service for a psychotherapy. The outcome is classified as drop-out and non drop-out. Each @entity1 is submitted to the multidimensional scale SCL-90-R in the course of the first interview. At the end of the first visit each @entity1 has been evaluated through the first and the fourth OPD @entity2270 . A descriptive analysis of all the data collected was made and the principal links between clinical and sociodemographic variables and dropout, between SCL-90-R score and drop-out, and between OPD scores and drop-out were detected. RESULTS: About 42% of the @entity1 were drop-out, of which 89% by the third session. The variables associated with drop-out are: pathological score in the paranoic and interpersonal sensibility scale of SCL-90-R, low compliance scores, low integration of defences, self perception, object's perception and link. DISCUSSION: The drop-out rate in @entity308 @entity1 turned out to be frequent. The @entity1 's resources in terms of relationship, self-perception and object's perception are strongly related to the drop-out risk. These results are suggestive for the idea that the evaluation of drop-out risk in @entity146 @entity1 must considerate the subjective aspects of the @entity1 besides the clinical features.

[Drop-out risk factors in XXXX : a clinical study].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depressive'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric'] @entity1316 :: ('MESH:D019964', 'Disease') :: ['mood disorder'] @entity2270 :: ('MESH:C566610', 'Disease') :: ['axis']
@entity1316 :: (MESH:D019964,Disease) :: ['mood disorder']
