Application of adult attachment theory to treatment of chronically suicidal, traumatized women

Psychotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 136-143

  Gormley, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; AUTOMUTILATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BORDERLINE STATE; CASE REPORT; CHRONICITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY;

EID: 3042734525     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-3204.41.2.136     Document Type: Review

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