The therapy process observational coding system - Alliance scale: Measure characteristics and prediction of outcome in usual clinical practice

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 323-333

  McLeod, Bryce D ^a,c,d   Weisz, John R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CODING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPY PROCESS OBSERVATIONAL CODING SYSTEM ALLIANCE SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 15944388918     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.73.2.323     Document Type: Article

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