Agreement between therapists and clients in evaluating therapy and its outcomes: Literature review

Administration and Policy in Mental Health

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 493-511

  Weiss, Idit ^a   Rabinowitz, Jonathan ^b   Spiro, Shimon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029797523     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02108686     Document Type: Review

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