Cohesion, Alliance and Outcome in Group Psychotherapy

Psychiatry (New York)

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 339-350

  Budman, Simon H ^a,b   Soldz, Stephen ^a,b   Demby, Annette ^a   Feldstein, Michael ^c   Springer, Tamar ^a,d   Davis, Michael S ^a  

^a HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GROUP DYNAMICS; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024320688     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/00332747.1989.11024456     Document Type: Article

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