Therapeutic alliance evaluation in personality disorders psychotherapy

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 45-53

  Lingiardi, Vittorio ^a,b   Filippucci, Ludovica ^a   Baiocco, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dropout behaviour; Personality disorders; Therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 18144396834     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300512331327047     Document Type: Article

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