Efficacy vs. Effectiveness Research in Psychotherapy: Implications for Clinical Hypnosis

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-29

  Amundson, Jon K ^a   Alladin, Assen ^b   Gill, Eamon ^c  

^a Regional Health Authority ^*  (Canada)

^b Calgary Regional Health Authority   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Efficacy; EMDR; Hypnosis; Research; Standards; Symptom removal; Therapeutic alliance; Trans theoretical

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPNOSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL LIFE;

HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESEARCH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037481661     PISSN: 00029157     EISSN: 21600562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2003.10403562     Document Type: Article

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