Is psychotherapy good for your health?

American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 386-405

  Luborsky, Lester ^a,b   German, Ramaris E ^c   Diguer, Louis ^d   Berman, Jeffrey S ^e   Kirk, Daniel ^b   Barrett, Marna S ^b   Luborsky, Ellen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Laval University ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PAIN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 23444439193     PISSN: 00029564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2004.58.4.386     Document Type: Review

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