Sailing between Scylla and Charybdis: Incorporating qualitative approaches into child psychotherapy research

Journal of Child Psychotherapy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-111

  Midgley, Nicholas ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Pschoanalytic research; Qualitative methodology; Research practice gap; Therapy process and outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1842829271     PISSN: 0075417X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0075417042000205814     Document Type: Article

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