Allan Abbass Explained

Dr. Allan Abbass (born February 22, 1962) is professor, psychiatrist, and founding Director of the Centre for Emotions and Health[1] at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Career

Dr. Abbass' clinical specialty and research focus is the use of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP).[2] [3] Dr. Abbass' work has focused on the use of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy to diagnose and treat medically unexplained physical symptoms.[4] [5] Dr. Abbass has developed psychotherapy training programs in ISTDP.[6] [7] Dr. Abbass has published clinical trials on the effectiveness of ISTDP[8] [9] [10] and meta-analyses on the effectiveness of ISTDP[11] and Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy overall.[12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

He has published extensively on the cost effectiveness of ISTDP.[9] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] He has provided and supported training ISTDP programs in Switzerland, Greece, The Netherlands, Italy,[26] [27] Norway,[28] Sweden,[29] Denmark,[30] Poland,[31] the UK and other countries.[32]

Organisational affiliations and recognition

In 2001, Dr. Abbass was awarded The Association of Chairs of Psychiatry of Canada Education Award for Excellence in Education.[33] In 2013, Dr. Abbass was Awarded the Douglas Utting Award[34] in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the "Canadian Providing Outstanding Contributions" category, for the recognition and treatment of depression. He was awarded the designation "Distinguished Professor of 2016" by the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of Psychiatry. In 2018 he was named The David Malan Visiting professor of psychotherapy at the Tavistock in London, UK and is also visiting professor of psychotherapy at University of Derby, UK. He is a past President of the International Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association.

He is an advisory board member on the American Psychological Association's Unified Psychotherapy project,[35] and is on the scientific committee of the American Psychoanalytic Association.[36] He is faculty of the Norwegian Institute for ISTDP [37] He is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Psychotherapy [38]

Publications

He published his first book, Reaching through Resistance: Advanced Psychotherapy Techniques, in 2015. www.allanabbass.com

His second book Hidden from View: Clinician's Guide to Psychophysiologic Disorders was published in 2018 with Dr Howard Schubiner www.unlearnyourpain.com

Dr. Abbass has also published on the use of videotape and videoconference for training in short term psychotherapy.[39] [6]

Basketball

An avid basketball fan and player, Allan was named one of Canada's top 25 under 19 year old players while in High School. He was named to the Harrison Trimble High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.[40] He played university basketball at Ottawa University [41] and Dalhousie University. He has been an investor and board member of the Halifax Hurricanes, the 2016 Champions of the National Basketball League of Canada.[42]

Notes and References

  1. News: Matthews. Jan. Healing Emotions Saves Health-care Dollars. 13 November 2013. Dalhousie Psychiatry Monitor. January 2004.
  2. News: Nadia. Bobak. Emotional Rescue. 13 November 2013. Living Health in Atlantic Canada. Spring 2011.
  3. Abbass. AA. Kisely. SR. Town. JM. Leichsenring. F. Driessen. E. De Maat. S. Gerber. A. Dekker. J. Rabung. S. Rusalovska. S. Crowe. E. Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapies for common mental disorders.. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 1 July 2014. 7. CD004687. 10.1002/14651858.CD004687.pub4. 24984083.
  4. Abbass. Allan. Implementing an Emotion-Focused Consultation Service to Examine Medically Unexplained Symptoms in the Emergency Department. Journal of the Academy of Medical Psychology. 44–51.
  5. Abbass. Allan. Intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy to reduce rates of emergency department return visits for patients with medically unexplained symptoms: preliminary evidence from a pre–post intervention study. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2008. 13 November 2013.
  6. Abbass. A.. 2004-06-01. Small-Group Videotape Training for Psychotherapy Skills Development. Academic Psychiatry. en. 28. 2. 151–155. 10.1176/appi.ap.28.2.151. 15298869 . 31798252 . 1042-9670.
  7. Abbass. Allan. Arthey. Stephen. Elliott. Jason. Fedak. Tim. Nowoweiski. Dion. Markovski. Jasmina. Nowoweiski. Sarah. 2011. Web-conference supervision for advanced psychotherapy training: A practical guide.. Psychotherapy. en. 48. 2. 109–118. 10.1037/a0022427. 21639654 . 12271067 . 1939-1536.
  8. Abbass. Allan. Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy for DSM-IV Personality Disorders: A Randomized Control Trial. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2008. 196. 3. 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181662ff0. 13 November 2013. Albert. Sheldon. John. Gyra. Allen. Kalpin. 211–6. 18340256. 28626906 .
  9. Town. Joel M.. Abbass. Allan. Stride. Chris. Nunes. Abraham. Bernier. Denise. Berrigan. Patrick. August 2020. Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy for treatment resistant depression: 18-Month follow-up of the Halifax depression trial. Journal of Affective Disorders. en. 273. 194–202. 10.1016/j.jad.2020.04.035. 32421603 . 218688424 .
  10. Town. Joel M.. Abbass. Allan. Stride. Chris. Bernier. Denise. May 2017. A randomised controlled trial of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy for treatment resistant depression: the Halifax Depression Study. Journal of Affective Disorders. en. 214. 15–25. 10.1016/j.jad.2017.02.035. 28266318 .
  11. Abbass. Allan. Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Outcome Research. Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 2012. 10.3109/10673229.2012.677347. 13 November 2013. Joel. Town. Ellen. Driessen. 20. 2. 97–108. 22512743. 10.1.1.668.6311. 6432516 .
  12. Abbass. Allan. Lumley. Mark A.. Town. Joel. Holmes. Hannah. Luyten. Patrick. Cooper. Angela. Russell. Leo. Schubiner. Howard. De Meulemeester. Celine. Kisely. Steve. June 2021. Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for functional somatic disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis of within-treatment effects. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. en. 145. 110473. 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110473. 33814192 . 233028456 .
  13. Abbass. Allan. Town. Joel. Holmes. Hannah. Luyten. Patrick. Cooper. Angela. Russell. Leo. Lumley. MarkA.. Schubiner. Howard. Allinson. Jenny. Bernier. Denise. DeMeulemeester. Celine. 2020-05-19. Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Functional Somatic Disorders: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 89 . 6 . en. 363–370. 10.1159/000507738. 32428905 . 218758092 . 0033-3190. 1805/26652. free.
  14. Abbass. Allan. June 2016. The Emergence of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Treatment Resistant Patients: Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy. Psychodynamic Psychiatry. en. 44. 2. 245–280. 10.1521/pdps.2016.44.2.245. 27200465 . 2162-2590.
  15. Abbass. Allan A. Kisely. Steve R. Town. Joel M. Leichsenring. Falk. Driessen. Ellen. De Maat. Saskia. Gerber. Andrew. Dekker. Jack. Rabung. Sven. Rusalovska. Svitlana. Crowe. Elizabeth. 2014-07-01. Cochrane Common Mental Disorders Group. Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapies for common mental disorders. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 7 . CD004687 . en. 10.1002/14651858.CD004687.pub4. 24984083 . 11129844.
  16. Koelen. Jurrijn A.. Houtveen. Jan H.. Abbass. Allan. Luyten. Patrick. Eurelings-Bontekoe. Elisabeth H. M.. Van Broeckhuysen-Kloth. Saskia A. M.. Bühring. Martina E. F.. Geenen. Rinie. January 2014. Effectiveness of psychotherapy for severe somatoform disorder: meta-analysis. British Journal of Psychiatry. en. 204. 1. 12–19. 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.121830. 24385460 . 0007-1250. free.
  17. Lilliengren. Peter. Cooper. Angela. Town. Joel M. Kisely. Steve. Abbass. Allan. August 2020. Clinical- and cost-effectiveness of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy for chronic pain in a tertiary psychotherapy service. Australasian Psychiatry. en. 28. 4. 414–417. 10.1177/1039856220901478. 32093498 . 10072/393825 . 211477312 . 1039-8562. free.
  18. Abbass. Allan. Town. Joel. Johansson. Robert. Lahti. Melissa. Kisely. Steve. March 2019. Sustained Reduction in Health Care Service Usage after Adjunctive Treatment of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy in Patients with Bipolar Disorder. Psychodynamic Psychiatry. en. 47. 1. 99–112. 10.1521/pdps.2019.47.1.99. 30840559 . 73511443 . 2162-2590. free.
  19. Abbass. Allan. Kisley. Steve. Town. Joel. 2018. Cost-Effectiveness of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Trial Therapy. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. en. 87. 4. 255–256. 10.1159/000487600. 29635230 . 4713262 . 0033-3190.
  20. Abbass. Allan. Kisely. Steve. Rasic. Daniel. Town. Joel M.. Johansson. Robert. May 2015. Long-term healthcare cost reduction with Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy in a tertiary psychiatric service. Journal of Psychiatric Research. en. 64. 114–120. 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.03.001. 25840829 .
  21. Abbass. Allan. April 2002. Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy in a Private Psychiatric Office: Clinical and Cost Effectiveness. American Journal of Psychotherapy. en. 56. 2. 225–232. 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2002.56.2.225. 12125299 . 0002-9564.
  22. Town. Joel M.. Abbass. Allan. Bernier. Denise. 2013-01-01. Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Davanloo's Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: Does Unlocking the Unconscious Make a Difference?. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 67. 1. 89–108. 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2013.67.1.89. 23682515 . 0002-9564.
  23. Abbass. Allan. Bernier. Denise. Kisely. Steve. Town. Joel. Johansson. Robert. August 2015. Sustained reduction in health care costs after adjunctive treatment of graded intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy in patients with psychotic disorders. Psychiatry Research. en. 228. 3. 538–543. 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.05.056. 26106054 . 31453236 .
  24. Russell. Leo A.. Abbass. Allan A.. Allder. Steven J.. Kisely. Steve. Pohlmann-Eden. Bernd. Town. Joel M.. October 2016. A pilot study of reduction in healthcare costs following the application of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Epilepsy & Behavior. en. 63. 17–19. 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.07.017. 27541836 . 205758573 .
  25. Web site: Melbourne Centre for ISTDP. Home Page. 1 December 2013.
  26. Web site: Italian Development Center Study. ISTDP. 1 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131204022405/http://www.cisspat.edu/it/centro-clinico/servizi-di-psicoterapie-individuali-e-di-gruppo/istdp-intensive-short-term-dynamic-psychotherapy/,178. 4 December 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  27. Web site: Neuroscience and Communication Group. Workshop Announcement. 1 December 2013.
  28. Web site: Nordic Institute for ISTDP. Home Page. 1 December 2013.
  29. Web site: Swedish Association for ISTDP. Home Page. 14 February 2013 . 1 December 2013.
  30. Web site: Danish ISTDP. Linkedin Page.
  31. News: Carpenter. Joanna. Psychotherapy for Pain. 1 December 2013. Politika.pl.
  32. News: Redfern. Simon. Derbyshire Could Champion New Therapy. 1 December 2013. University of Derby News. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010715/http://www.derby.ac.uk/news/derbyshire-could-champion-new-therapy. 3 December 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  33. Web site: Abbass. Allan. ACPC Award for Excellence in Education. 30 November 2013. https://archive.today/20131130174657/http://www.cpa-apc.org/browse/documents/161. 2013-11-30. dead.
  34. Web site: Canadian Psychiatric Association. Douglass Utting Award. 30 November 2013.
  35. News: Unified Psychotherapy Project. Allan Abbass, Advisory Board. 1 December 2013. Unified Psychotherapy Project News.
  36. Web site: American Psychoanalytic Association. Empirical Studies in Psychoanalysis. American Psychoanalytic Association. 1 December 2013. https://archive.today/20131201153851/https://www.apsa.org/Programs/Research/Empirical_Studies_in_Psychoanalysis.aspx. 2013-12-01. dead.
  37. Web site: Norwegian ISTDP Institute. Faculty. 11 February 2020.
  38. Web site: Editorial Board and Editorial Staff The American Journal of Psychotherapy. 2022-01-29. American Journal of Psychotherapy. en.
  39. Abbass. Allan. Web-Conference Supervision for Advanced Psychotherapy Training: A Practical Guide. Psychotherapy. 2011. 48. 2. 109–118. 10.1037/a0022427. 13 November 2013. Stephen. Arthey. Jason. Elliott. Tim. Fedak. Dion. Nowoweiski. Jasmina. Markovski. Sarah. Nowoweiski. 21639654. 10.1.1.467.4010. 12271067 .
  40. Web site: HTHS Senior Boys Basketball Program 2010-2011.
  41. Web site: All-time roster information for Ottawa.
  42. Web site: Investor Group. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170126042944/http://www.halifaxhurricanes.ca/14541/investor-group. 26 January 2017.

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