The therapeutic alliance in the treatment of personality disorders

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 73-87

  Bender, Donna S ^a,b  

^a New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BORDERLINE STATE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; NARCISSISM; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 16344364148     PISSN: 15274160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00131746-200503000-00002     Document Type: Review

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