The Role of the Therapeutic Alliance in the Treatment of Schizophrenia: Relationship to Course and Outcome

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 228-236

  Frank, Arlene F ^a   Gunderson, John G ^b  

^a Brookside Hospital   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0025237526     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1990.01810150028006     Document Type: Article

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