Effectiveness of psychotherapy

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-327

  Ritvo, Rachel Z ^a,b   Papilsky, Shirley B ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032819388     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199908000-00010     Document Type: Review

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