The efficacy of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy in specific psychiatric disorders: A meta-analysis

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1208-1216

  Leichsenring, Falk ^a,b   Rabung, Sven ^a   Leibing, Eric ^b  

^a Abteilung Klinische Psychotherapie Von Kindern und Jugendlichen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 10044276953     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.61.12.1208     Document Type: Article

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