Clinical significance and patients' perceived change in four sessions of brief psychodynamic intervention: Characteristics of early responders

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 347-362

  Beretta, Véronique ^a   De Roten, Yves ^a   Drapeau, Martin ^b   Kramer, Ueli ^a   Favre, Nathalie ^a   Despland, Jean Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REMISSION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25444469904     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/147608305X25766     Document Type: Article

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