Empirically supported psychotherapies: Comment on Westen, Novotny, and Thompson-Brenner (2004)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 412-417

  Crits Christoph, Paul ^a   Hollon, Steven D ^b,d   Wilson, G Terence ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Empirically supported psychotherapies; Randomized clinical trials

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18844440726     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.131.3.412     Document Type: Article

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