Emotion-focused therapy for couples in the treatment of depression: A pilot study

American Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 345-353

  Dessaulles, Andre ^a   Johnson, Susan M ^a   Denton, Wayne H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; FLUVOXAMINE; TRAZODONE; TRIMIPRAMINE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141842638     PISSN: 01926187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926180390232266     Document Type: Article

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