The Meaning of Empirically Supported Treatment Research for Psychoanalytic and Other Long-Term Therapies

Psychoanalytic Dialogues

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 583-604

  Luborsky, Lester ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b The Menninger Foundation   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0035598614     PISSN: 10481885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10481881109348630     Document Type: Article

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