Assessing clinically significant change: Application to the SCL-90-R

Psychological Reports

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 263-274

  Schmitz, Norbert ^a   Hartkamp, Norbert ^a   Franke, Gabriele H ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Heinrich Heine University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 0034136924     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.86.1.263     Document Type: Article

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