Dropping out of child psychotherapy: Issues for research and implications for practice

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 133-156

  Kazdin, Alan E ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Child Conduct Clinic

Author keywords

Attrition; Child psychotherapy; Dropping out of treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342801596     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104596011012     Document Type: Article

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