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Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome (RIPPPO) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by the Italian Area Group of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR Italy Area Group). Its aim is to promote a fruitful communication between the Italian and International communities, enriching clinicians and researchers mutual collaboration. It welcomes high quality articles from any part of the world, concerning a variety of topics (e.g., psychotherapy process and outcome, diagnosis and assessment, psychopathology, etc.), with different formats (e.g., reviews, empirical studies, methodological works, clinical studies) and from different epistemological, theoretical and methodological perspectives of the contemporary research in psychotherapy.

  • The relationship among attachment styles, interpersonal needs, and suicidal ideation in patients with psychiatric disorders

    Salvatore Sarubbi, Elena Rogante, Denise Erbuto, Monica Migliorati, Isabella Berardelli, Marco Innamorati, Maurizio Pompili
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.785
    372
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  • The role of suicidal motivations in adolescence: implications for the psychotherapeutic treatment of suicidal risk

    Maria Pia Casini, Marta Moselli, Alice Wisniewski, Riccardo Williams
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.833
    570
    PDF: 136

  • The problem of suicidality, personality disorder, and treatment: an alternative psycho-social perspective

    Marco Chiesa
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.779
    453
    PDF: 146

  • The person behind the therapist: a recall study on significant events that contribute to therapists’ personal and professional development

    Hubert de Condé, Emmanuelle Zech, Jochem Willemsen
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.791
    2111
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  • Does technique matter? A multilevel meta-analysis on the association between psychotherapeutic techniques and outcome

    Christin Janine Grevenhaus, Christoph Flückiger, Lea Theimer, Cord Benecke
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.803
    2355
    PDF: 1030
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  • Something has sort of opened up for me: psychology students’ reflections after participating in an apprenticeship training model

    Nina Jakhelln Laugen, Torun Grøtte, Truls Ryum, Patrick A. Vogel, Heidi Brattland, Katrine Høyer Holgersen
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.794
    971
    PDF: 205
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  • Shaping psychotherapy trainees’ potential: insights from training program directors

    Irene Messina, Giovanna Trimoldi
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.799
    1457
    PDF: 301
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  • Motivations to become psychotherapists: beyond the concept of the wounded healer

    Gianluca Cruciani, Marianna Liotti, Vittorio Lingiardi
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.808
    3455
    PDF: 1788
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  • Psychological interventions in the Italian national health system: appropriateness and accountability

    Alessandro Ridolfi
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.820
    580
    PDF: 155
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  • Facilitative interpersonal skills in benign versus challenging therapy situations in trainee therapists: a pilot study

    Kim de Jong, Johanna Wilkens, Timothy Anderson, Kane Steggles
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.804
    847
    PDF: 187
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  • Chronic suicidal ideations: a risk or a protection

    Elsa Ronningstam, Mark Schechter, Benjamin Herbstman, Mark Goldbalatt
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.764
    1689
    PDF: 401