Let's face facts: Common factors are more potent than specific therapy ingredients

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-25

  Messer, Stanley B ^a,c   Wampold, Bruce E ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common factors; Medical model; Specific ingredients

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

EID: 0042961334     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clipsy/9.1.21     Document Type: Review

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