Outcomes of prolonged parent-child embrace therapy among 102 children with behavioral disorders

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-12

  Welch, Martha G ^a,f   Northrup, Robert S ^b   Welch Horan, Thomas B ^c   Ludwig, Robert J ^a   Austin, Christine L ^d   Jacobson, Judith S ^e  

^a Martha G Welch Center   (United States)

^b Project HOPE   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d KC Mothering Center   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Attention deficit hyperactive disorder; Oppositional defiant disorder; Reactive attachment disorder; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONDITIONING; CONFLICT; EVALUATION; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KINESICS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30344475538     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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