Improving the effects of psychotherapy: The use of early identification of treatment failure and problem-solving strategies in routine practice

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-68

  Whipple, Jason L ^a   Lambert, Michael J ^a   Vermeersch, David A ^b   Smart, David W ^a   Nielsen, Stevan L ^a   Hawkins, Eric J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; EATING DISORDER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0037246933     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.50.1.59     Document Type: Article

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