Are some psychotherapies much more effective than others?

Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 455-460

  Luborsky, Lester ^a   Rosenthal, Robert ^b   Diguer, Louis ^c   Andrusyna, Tomasz P ^d   Levitt, Jill T ^e   Seligman, David A ^f   Berman, Jeffrey S ^g   Krause, Elizabeth D ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Access Measurement Systems   (United States)

^g University of Memphis   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparisons of active psychotherapies; Correction for researchers's treatment allegiances; Empirically validated treatments; Psychotherapy outcomes; The Dodo bird weight

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; NEUROSIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOBIA; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242636993     PISSN: 15211401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026023715740     Document Type: Conference Paper

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