Gender differences in psychotherapy dyads: Changes in psychological symptoms and responsiveness to treatment during 3 months of therapy

Psychotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 297-308

  Cottone, John G ^a   Drucker, Philip ^a   Javier, Rafael A ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 0038015696     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-3204.39.4.297     Document Type: Article

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