Annotation: The therapeutic alliance - A significant but neglected variable in child mental health treatment studies

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 425-435

  Green, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BOOTH HALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Randomised controlled trials; Therapeutic alliance; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645750484     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2005.01516.x     Document Type: Article

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