Evaluating an alliance-focused treatment for personality disorders

Psychotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 532-545

  Muran, J Christopher ^a   Safran, Jeremy D ^a,b   Samstag, Lisa Wallner ^a,c   Winston, Arnold ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief psychotherapies; Clinical significance; Dropout status; Personality disorders; Reliable change; Therapeutic alliance; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLIANCE FOCUSED TREATMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRIEF RELATIONAL THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745077488     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-3204.42.4.532     Document Type: Article

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