Therapeutic Reactance as a Predictor of Outcome in the Treatment of Chronic Depression

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1025-1035

  Arnow, Bruce A ^a   Manber, Rachel ^a   Blasey, Christine ^a   Blalock, Janice A ^c   Rothbaum, Barbara O ^e   Thase, Michael E ^e   Vivian, Dina ^b   Klein, Daniel N ^b   Markowitz, John C ^e   Rush, A John ^d   Riso, Lawrence P ^e   McCullough Jr , James P ^e   Keller, Martin B ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEFAZODONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MARKER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TITRIMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 10744226350     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.71.6.1025     Document Type: Article

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