Specificity and nonspecificity in psychotherapy

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-193

  Craighead, W Edward ^a   Sheets, Erin S ^a   Bjornsson, Andri S ^a   Arnarson, Eirikur O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Nonspecified effects; Placebo; Specific effects; Therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 20744439431     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clipsy/bpi024     Document Type: Article

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